1st Edition
Unsafe Abortion and Women's Health Change and Liberalization
By Colin Francome
Copyright 2015
238 Pages
by
Routledge
238 Pages
by
Routledge
238 Pages
by
Routledge
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Unsafe abortion remains one of the most neglected sexual and reproductive health problems according to the World Health Organisation. In recent years it has been estimated that nearly 44 million abortions occur annually leading to around 47,000 deaths. At this rate a woman will die of an unsafe abortion every 11 minutes. Bringing together a wealth of information from around the world, this book... Read more
Unsafe Abortion and Women's Health
Biography
Colin Francome is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Middlesex University, UK. He is the author of Abortion Freedom: A Worldwide Movement, Abortion in the USA and the UK, Sane New World and Karl Marx: Hero or Zero, and co-author of Caesarean Birth in Britain, Improving the Health of the Nation and Abortion: A Worldwide Perspective.
’Colin Francome’s solid, well-researched overview of abortion legislation and realities across the globe offers an invaluable tool for researchers, clinicians, and advocates everywhere committed to advancing reproductive health and justice for all.’ Rosalind Pollack Petchesky, City University of New York, USA
