Monday 5/24/2004
U.N. Official Admits That Abortion is Not Safe

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For decades abortion activists have referred to legal abortion as “safe” abortion, despite evidence to the contrary. But last week at an international population conference, a World Health Organization (WHO) official, Dr. Gunta Lazdane, admitted that was not the case.

“Up to 20 percent of maternal deaths are due to abortion,” said Dr. Lazdane, the European Regional Advisor to WHO on reproductive health and research. “Even in those situations were abortion is legal there is a question whether ‘safe’ abortion is safe.”

CWA’s Senior Policy Analyst Wendy Wright discusses this ground-breaking admission with Martha Kleder. Read more.

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