from GlobalPost, Feb 5, 2015by John Seager who is president and CEO of Population Connection (formerly Zero Population Growth), a grassroots population organization.
"But there’s another tragedy taking place outside of our country’s borders, where nearly 47,000 women — almost all of who live in the developing world — die every year from unsafe abortions. In many of the world’s poorest countries, abortion is illegal in nearly all circumstances. And this provides us with some important lessons. First, outlawing abortion doesn’t eliminate it. Desperate people take desperate measures. Like women and girls in El Salvador who ingest rat poison or force sharp objects into their cervixes to terminate unwanted pregnancies.
Commentary from the article: US aid rules carry restrictions on discussion of abortion among women in developing world.
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