Protecting Women From Abortion Injuries May Take More Than Laws, Experts Suggest

NPR: What Drives Abortion: The Law or Income?
“About 50,000 women worldwide die because of unsafe abortions. Five million more are admitted to hospitals with complications after the procedure. Activists and researchers on both sides of the abortion debate agree that these ‘back-alley’ operations are dangerous for women. It’s figuring out the best way to stop them that has been contentious…” (Doucleff, 9/28).

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