Unsafe abortion Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Treatment of complications=== Regardless if an abortion was legal or illegal, health care providers are required by law to provide medical care to patients, as it may be life-saving. In some cases, treatment for abortion complications may be administered only when the woman provides information about the abortion and any and all persons that were involved.<ref name="Ingelse_2001">{{cite book | vauthors = Ingelse C | chapter = The Committee Against Torture. | title = The UN Committee against Torture | date = January 2001 | pages = 89β123 | publisher = Brill Nijhoff | doi = 10.1163/9789004478114_007 | isbn = 9789004478114 | s2cid = 239991865 }}</ref> In areas where abortion is illegal, people seeking care for complications of illegal abortions may face legal consequences. This may deter people from seeking life-saving care.<ref name="Ingelse_2001"/> Globally, there is a high burden of complications from unsafe abortions.<ref name = burdenofmorbidity>{{cite journal | vauthors = Adler AJ, Filippi V, Thomas SL, Ronsmans C | title = Quantifying the global burden of morbidity due to unsafe abortion: magnitude in hospital-based studies and methodological issues | journal = International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics | volume = 118 | issue = Suppl 2 | pages = S65βS77 | date = September 2012 | pmid = 22920625 | pmc = | doi = 10.1016/S0020-7292(12)60003-4 | s2cid = 43126015 }}</ref> The costs of treating the complications can be significant in developing countries, where, in 2011, 98% of unsafe abortions occurred.<ref name = fourstudies>{{cite journal | vauthors = Vlassoff M, Singh S, Onda T | title = The cost of post-abortion care in developing countries: a comparative analysis of four studies | journal = Health Policy and Planning | volume = 31 | issue = 8 | pages = 1020β1030 | date = October 2016 | pmid = 27045001 | pmc = 5013781 | doi = 10.1093/heapol/czw032 }}</ref> An estimated 5.3 million women worldwide have developed complications or disabilities from unsafe abortion, which may be either temporary or permanent.<ref name = adolescentsinafrica>{{cite journal | vauthors = Atuhaire S | title = Abortion among adolescents in Africa: A review of practices, consequences, and control strategies | journal = The International Journal of Health Planning and Management | volume = 34 | issue = 4 | pages = e1378βe1386 | date = October 2019 | pmid = 31290183 | pmc = | doi = 10.1002/hpm.2842 | url = https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/81136286/Abortion_among_adolescents_in_Africa_A_systematic_review-with-cover-page-v2.pdf?Expires=1653934375&Signature=NDcEa6yXggYFRuKdmyL1Kh74lFldJs2dpbzbaQxJfG7V91jPqdODfXmdSnN~eW~hVtoOLn~Q3umsUtlq8VXRbc6a7ZIvNx-D7LULWPpmVYNhocqg6FZ12m5TrGdKoVfaWFbPWYJfkz7MQ81pJ-t8LL2i6yX5WVk2nGUg7PhydMowg2M9QIpK~PrjC1Uaf7nN42NMlmWqLgg0~XGa1pkUFnPMaRKzufZTjypHJ0R2rlaekODFhauRFVh8QJdUHPWQw-EviwKp9V2A3h9jgZ~vLXonHjKewy~qSOnUJJauG752F46QZBaRbMmhdP7ZHxhvxPgnfvJY4sxXnmWWfPwz3g__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA | s2cid = 195871358 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220530171300/https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/81136286/Abortion_among_adolescents_in_Africa_A_systematic_review-with-cover-page-v2.pdf?Expires=1653934375&Signature=NDcEa6yXggYFRuKdmyL1Kh74lFldJs2dpbzbaQxJfG7V91jPqdODfXmdSnN~eW~hVtoOLn~Q3umsUtlq8VXRbc6a7ZIvNx-D7LULWPpmVYNhocqg6FZ12m5TrGdKoVfaWFbPWYJfkz7MQ81pJ-t8LL2i6yX5WVk2nGUg7PhydMowg2M9QIpK~PrjC1Uaf7nN42NMlmWqLgg0~XGa1pkUFnPMaRKzufZTjypHJ0R2rlaekODFhauRFVh8QJdUHPWQw-EviwKp9V2A3h9jgZ~vLXonHjKewy~qSOnUJJauG752F46QZBaRbMmhdP7ZHxhvxPgnfvJY4sxXnmWWfPwz3g__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA | archive-date = 2022-05-30 }}</ref> Unsafe abortions cause an estimated 5 million lost [[disability-adjusted life year]]s each year by women of reproductive age.<ref name = preventablepandemic>{{cite journal | vauthors = Grimes DA, Benson J, Singh S, Romero M, Ganatra B, Okonofua FE, Shah IH | title = Unsafe abortion: the preventable pandemic | journal = Lancet | volume = 368 | issue = 9550 | pages = 1908β1919 | date = November 2006 | pmid = 17126724 | pmc = | doi = 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69481-6 | series = Sexual and Reproductive Health 4 | s2cid = 6188636 }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page