Developing Countries: Abortion

(asked on 29th January 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many unsafe abortions were avoided as a result of the Prevention of Maternal Death from Unwanted Pregnancy project, which came to an end in June 2018.


Answered by
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Lord Bates
This question was answered on 12th February 2019

Modelling estimates indicate that the Prevention of Maternal Death from Unwanted Pregnancy project helped to avert approximately 7.1 million unsafe abortions through integrated sexual and reproductive health services over the lifetime of the programme.

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