Important Takeaways:

• Around 73 million induced abortions take place worldwide each year. Six out of 10 (61%) of all unintended pregnancies, and 3 out of 10 (29%) of all pregnancies, end in induced abortion (1).
• Comprehensive abortion care is included in the list of essential health care services published by WHO in 2020. Abortion is a simple health care intervention that can be effectively managed by a wide range of health workers using medication or a surgical procedure.
• [Do some simple math: what’s the number in ten years’ time? 730 million abortions. What’s the number in 20 years’ time? 1.5 billion Abortions. What would history say about us? World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history. An estimated total of 70–85 million people perished, or about 3% of the 2.3 billion people that comprised the global population in 1940.]

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