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 | Abortion in Pakistan Vlassoff, Michael; Singh, Susheela ; Suarez, Gustavo ; Jafarey, Sadiqua N. . Guttmacher Institute. In Brief 2: 1-6. May 2009. In 2002, Pakistani women experienced about 2.4 million unintended pregnancies;* nearly 900,000 of these pregnancies were terminated by induced abortion. Because abortion is legal only in very limited circumstances, women who seek it subject themselves to clandestine and often unsafe procedures. Poor women, in particular, are forced by circumstances to rely on untrained providers. The deaths, serious health complications and long-term disabilities that result from unsafe abortion procedures place an enormous burden on Pakistan’s health care system, as well as on the women themselves, their families and their communities. Topic: General RH | Type: Reports | Added on March 1, 2010
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