Abortion - Stories From North And South
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A cross-culture study of abortion featuring interviews in Ireland, Japan, Thailand, Peru, Columbia, and Canada. Presents a history of abortion pointing out that it has alwyas been a part of life with women willing to risk their health, often their lives, to end an unwanted pregnancy.
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Explores all factual aspects about abortion, including considered estimates that 30-55 million women in the world obtain induced abortions. Notes that a majority of such abortions are not only illegal, but also result in some 84,000 deaths. Shows the issue transcending race, religion and social class, with differences chiefly in the degree of secrecy and danger.
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