Unsafe Abortion Kills Over 3,000 Nigerian Women Each Year

By conservative estimates, complications from unsafe abortion kill more than 3,000 women each year, according to a new study published in the March 2008 issue of International Family Planning Perspectives. Though abortion is illegal in Nigeria except to save a woman’s life, previous research has shown that many women will risk the dangers of a clandestine procedure rather than carry an unintended pregnancy to term.

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Filed under: Fertility on May 15th, 2008