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In reply to the discussion: Being pro-life doesn’t make me any less of a lefty [View all]Hissyspit
(45,788 posts)"suggesting that outlawing the procedure does little to deter women seeking it."
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/12/world/12abortion.html?_r=0
Legal or Not, Abortion Rates Compare
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
Published: October 12, 2007
ROME, Oct. 11 A comprehensive global study of abortion has concluded that abortion rates are similar in countries where it is legal and those where it is not, suggesting that outlawing the procedure does little to deter women seeking it.
Moreover, the researchers found that abortion was safe in countries where it was legal, but dangerous in countries where it was outlawed and performed clandestinely. Globally, abortion accounts for 13 percent of womens deaths during pregnancy and childbirth, and there are 31 abortions for every 100 live births, the study said.