In Progress
Backstreet Abortion and the WGNRR agenda
- Category: Women in Action 2008-1
- Author: Zelda DT Soriano
- Year: 2008
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Review
Backstreet abortion continues to plague women worldwide. Where abortion is prohibited or restricted as in many countries of the Global South, clandestine abortion services are bound to persist. Performed by untrained persons in sub-standard facilities, the millions of women who put their lives at risk and who died should not be surprising.