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Unsafe abortions on the rise

After a period of substantial decline, the global abortion rate has stalled but unsafe abortions are on the rise around the world, according to new research from the Guttmacher Institute and the World Health Organization.

By Kathryn Mayer | Updated on January 23, 2012

After a period of substantial decline, the global abortion rate has stalled but unsafe abortions are on the rise around the world, according to new research from the Guttmacher Institute and the World Health Organization.

From 2003 to 2008, the abortion rate per 1,000 women of childbearing age (15 to 44) only changed slightly, from 29 to 28 per 1,000 women. But the proportion of unsafe abortions that took place across the world rose 44 percent in 1995 to 49 percent in 2008.

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