Annually criminal abortions kill 70 thousand women
About 70 thousand women all over the world annually die from consequences of the abortions made by nonprofessionals, or in unsanitary conditions. Serious complications after such abortions, leading to long or chronic diseases, are fixed at five more millions women.
Such data are resulted in the research conducted by American Gattmacher Institute together with the World Health Organization.
Developing countries account for the majority of abortions - about 35 million. They also account for about 97 percent of unsafe abortions. Now all over the world each fifth pregnancy ends with abortion on the average, however in various regions this parameter varies essentially.
Authors of the research consider that the legislative interdiction for abortion will not lead to decrease in absolute number of abortions. In particular, in Ghana, where abortions are forbidden, and HIV preventive maintenance is built on propagation of abstention from illegitimate sex, in 2003 54 abortions account for 1000 women, that is twice as much, than in the USA. However, critics say, last conclusions are based on rather approximate data, as there are no regular account of abortions in the countries where they are forbidden.