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abortion

Fertility and reproduction

Missing boys in sub-Saharan Africa due to high rates of foetal loss

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 Anne Morse and Nancy Luke
abortion, Africa, child mortality, Children, Sub-Saharan Africa

The ratio of males to females at birth is consistently lower in sub-Saharan Africa than in other regions of the world. Anne Morse and Nancy Luke suggest that this pattern may be … Read more

Fertility and reproduction

Have conditions under which women undergo abortion improved around the world?

March 10, 2021June 24, 2019 Agnès Guillaume and Clémentine Rossier
abortion, Gender issues, Women, world

Agnès Guillaume and Clémentine Rossier review the evidence on abortion in the world since 1990. Few countries have liberalized their laws since then, and regressive movements are frequent. The diffusion … Read more

Fertility and reproduction

Relationship stability is important for abortion decisions in Finland

June 10, 2021January 29, 2018 Heini Väisänen
abortion, cohabiting, Europe, Finland, Marriage

In a recent study (Väisänen 2017), I examined how women make decisions to terminate a pregnancy within the wider context of their lives – including the state and quality of … Read more

Fertility and reproduction

Eradicating induced abortion? Lessons from 20th Century France

March 14, 2021February 27, 2017 Fabrice Cahen
abortion, Children, Fecondity, Mortality, Reproduction, sex, Women

In France, for two decades – roughly from the late 1930s to the late 1950s – induced abortion was not only prohibited, it was well and truly the target of … Read more

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