British Journal of Research Offener Zugang

Abstrakt

Unwanted pregnancy and induced in abortion

Sanmita D. Kadam

Unwanted pregnancy (or unwanted fertility) affects many women
worldwide. A woman’s chance of experiencing an unwanted
pregnancy at some point during her reproductive life is approximately
1 in 3. For many women the only option is to undergo an abortion,
otherwise known as termination of pregnancy (TOP). Approximately
200,000 women per year undergo abortion in England and Wales
with a further 13,000 in Scotland. Therapeutic abortion is the
commonest gynecological procedure performed in the United
Kingdom....