This International Safe Abortion Day...
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Center for Reproductive Rights - ReproductiveRights.org
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Team,
Today, on International Safe Abortion Day, we want to share something
with you. For over 20 years, we have been tracking abortion laws in
countries all over the world, and we put it all into an interactive
map for advocates and human rights champions like you to use.
World Abortion Laws Map
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Time and again, it has been proven that abortion, when provided by a
qualified medical professional, is one of the safest medical
procedures. But every year, an estimated 23,000 women die from unsafe
abortion, and tens of thousands more experience significant health
complications. The majority of these injuries and fatalities occur in
regions with the harshest abortion laws-and we know why. Legal
restrictions on abortion do not stop women from seeking out this care,
they only make it more dangerous by forcing women to turn to
unqualified providers.
Today, 90 million women of reproductive age live in countries that ban
abortion entirely.
«Find out which countries still ban abortion»
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Despite the restrictive laws in some parts of the world, the
overwhelming global trend has been towards the liberalization of
abortion laws. In fact, nearly 50 countries liberalized their abortion
laws in the past 25 years, while only a small handful have made them
more restrictive. There is a growing global consensus that abortion is
both a human right and a public health imperative.
«View 25 years of progress»
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Abortion laws are an indicator of gender equity, reflecting whether
women and girls have the opportunity to direct the course of their own
lives.
The World Abortion Laws Map is updated in real time, so that you can
keep an eye on how countries are protecting-or
denying-reproductive rights around the world.
«See how your country stacks up»
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In solidarity,
Katherine Mayall
Director of Capacity Building
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reproductiverights.org
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The Center for Reproductive Rights uses the power of law to advance reproductive rights as fundamental human rights around the world.
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