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The incidence of illegal abortion

1971; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 25; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/00324728.1971.10405808

1477-4747

William James,

Reproductive Health and Contraception

Abstract Previous estimates of the incidence of illegal abortion in this country are reviewed. It is suggested that data examined by Goodhart imply that there were more (perhaps many more) than 60,000 illegal abortions in 1967. Estimates of the incidence of female sterilizing operations are reviewed. It is suggested that in this country each female sterilizing operation averts about one live birth or — where induced abortion is the alternative — one induced abortion.