Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat

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World Abortion Policies 1999

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Grounds on which abortion is permitted

• World Summary (table, or text only)
  
• Africa (table, or text only)
  
• Asia (table, or text only)
  
• Europe (table, or text only)
  
• Latin America and the Caribbean (table, or text only)
  
• Northern America (table, or text only)
  
• Oceania (table, or text only)

Abortion rate
Married women using contraception
Total fertility rate
Maternal mortality ratio

• Africa (table, or text only)
  
• Asia (table, or text only)
  
• Europe (table, or text only)
  
• Latin America and the Caribbean (table, or text only)
  
• Northern America (table, or text only)
  
• Oceania (table, or text only)

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