Sexual & Reproductive Health and Family Planning

Pregnancy, Abortions and Women’s Healthcare

Abortion is nothing but the termination of pregnancy. Women considering an abortion must be provided with accurate information about the procedure and its possible effects on their health not least because it is most often carried out on healthy women. Limited abortion access may result in more women being unable to terminate unwanted pregnancies, keeping them in contact with violent partners. This puts both women and their children at increased risk of violence Abortion is a safe medical procedure if it is extensively documented. Major complications are rare, occurring in less than ¼ of one percent of procedures.