Abortion rate is 22%, says report

Washington - Millions of women around the world terminate their pregnancies each year, with half of all unplanned pregnancies…

Washington - Millions of women around the world terminate their pregnancies each year, with half of all unplanned pregnancies ending in abortion, a report issued yesterday found.

A report, by the non-profit making Alan Guttmacher Institute, found that 38 per cent of all pregnancies are unplanned, and on average 22 per cent of the 210 million pregnancies around the world each year end in abortion.

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