FEM 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Unsafe Abortion, School Hygiene, Comorbidity

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: FEM 1100
• Professor: Shoshana Magnet

Document Summary

Each year 20 million abortions occur in settings where abortion is prohibited or legally restricted. Abortion by legality (56% legal, 44% legally restricted)] 95%of unsafe abortions take place in developing countries. Unsafe abortion results in approximately in approximately 13% of all pregnany-related deaths. 8 million women suffer reproductive morbidities each year due to unsafe abortion. Many women move from country to country to get abortion care (tourism of abortion) this is common in ireland and poland, with movement to the. Unsafe abortion across the globe: inappropriate setting, done by a non-qualified physician. This can be done through: substance use, self-injurious behaviours (not eating, throwing herself down the stairs, asking a male partner to beat them), coat- hangers, pressure to abdomen using bricks, herbal teas. Women usually start by using the things that usually do not work. When the first try doesn"t work, they use more violent and negative health outcomes to terminate the pregnancy.