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unsafe abortion

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Procedures for terminating a pregnancy performed either by persons lacking the necessary skills or in an environment lacking the basic medical and standard sanitary conditions, or both.

Additional notes and information

Sources

World Health Organization – WHO (2008). Unsafe Abortion: Global and Regional Estimates of the Incidence of Unsafe Abortion and Associated Mortality. Available at: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2011/9789241501118_eng.pdf?ua=1

Relations

Related term:
reproductive health
Broader term:
reproductive health
URI: 
https://eige.europa.eu/taxonomy/term/1422
Filed under: 
Social affairs
Health

 

The concepts and definitions found in this glossary were published in 2016, and some may be out-of-date. EIGE is currently looking into which terms may need to be updated in the future.