Title: Forsaken lives : the harmful impact of the Philippine criminal abortion ban

Place: New York, NY

Publisher: Center for reproductive rights

Year: cop. 2010

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Subject: Maternal Health – Lessons Learned

Keywords: abortion, law, maternal mortality, maternal health services, philippines

Abstract: The Philippines is one of the few countries in the world to criminalize abortion in all circumstances. As a consequence, women continue to die or suffer grave complications from unsafe abortion procedures, producing a massive public health crisis and violating the human rights of Filipino women.

URL: http://reproductiverights.org/sites/crr.civicactions.net/files/documents/phil_report_Spreads.pdf

Document type: Report