11.   Statistics show that women in Africa are more likely to die during unsafe abortions than women in any other place in the world.

12.   The document itself says the rate of abortion should be reduced and urges governments to deal with unsafe abortion as a major public health concern.

13.   The Population Action survey found, for example, that more than half of maternal deaths were due to unsafe abortions.

14.   These doctors have witnessed deaths from unsafe abortions and lobbied nationally to have trained medical providers perform the procedure, Sweet said.

15.   Abou-Zahr said it was important to note that there are countries where abortion is legal, such as India, but unsafe abortions continue.

16.   Adolescent women are more vulnerable than older women to pregnancy-related complications, sexually transmitted diseases and unsafe abortion.

17.   But it said it found evidence that anti-abortion laws are linked to higher rates of unsafe abortions and maternal deaths.

18.   Hundreds of Nepalese women die each year from excessive bleeding and infections resulting from unsafe abortions performed by midwives.

19.   Hundreds of Nepalese women have died each year from excessive bleeding and infections resulting from unsafe abortions performed by midwives.

20.   In dispute were references to unsafe abortions and access to information on sexuality and reproduction.