Authors:
Sydney Calkin
Restrictive abortion laws don't stop abortion—they just make abortions less safe. A little over half of all pregnancies worldwide are unintended; of these unintended pregnancies, 61 percent end in abortion. Every year, 25 million unsafe abortions occur globally [1]. These unsafe abortions are the product of political choices: They are overwhelmingly concentrated in countries with the most restrictive laws. While the general trend worldwide is toward more progressive abortion laws, dramatic rollbacks of abortion rights are taking place in the U.S., Poland, and several other countries. Insights → Medication abortion pills have transformed the safety and accessibility of…
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