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Lack of family planning services and lack of information about sex sometimes lead to unwanted pregnancy and abortion.
Lack of family planning services and lack of information about sex sometimes lead to unwanted pregnancy and abortion.



Latest revision as of 11:35, 14 July 2023

Lack of family planning services and lack of information about sex sometimes lead to unwanted pregnancy and abortion.

When a woman does something to end a pregnancy, this is called an ‘abortion’. We use the word abortion only to describe an action that is planned. The unplanned, natural loss of a pregnancy we call a ‘miscarriage’.

Sources
  • Burns, A. A., Niemann, S., Lovich, R., Maxwell, J., & Shapiro, K. (2014). Where women have no doctor: A health guide for women. Hesperian Foundation.
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