In Bangladesh, Unsafe Abortion is Common Despite Availability of Safer Pregnancy Termination Procedure
September 22, 2014
September 22, 2014
NEW YORK, Sept. 22 -- The Guttmacher Institute has issued the following news release:
Menstrual regulation, a procedure that uses manual vacuum aspiration to safely establish nonpregnancy after a missed period, has been part of Bangladesh's national family planning program since 1979. It is legally allowed up to 10 weeks after a woman's last period, and thus some women use it to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. Despite the availability of this service, hundreds of thousands of wom . . .
Menstrual regulation, a procedure that uses manual vacuum aspiration to safely establish nonpregnancy after a missed period, has been part of Bangladesh's national family planning program since 1979. It is legally allowed up to 10 weeks after a woman's last period, and thus some women use it to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. Despite the availability of this service, hundreds of thousands of wom . . .