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Caring for Women with Abortion Complications in Ethiopia: National Estimates and Future Implications  [PDF version]
Hailemichael Gebreselassie, Tamara Fetters, Susheela Singh, Ahmed Abdella, Yirgu Gebrehiwot, Solomon Tesfaye, Takele Geressu and Solomon Kumbi
International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 36, Issue 1, March 2010

The Estimated Incidence of Induced Abortion In Ethiopia, 2008  [PDF version]
Susheela Singh, Tamara Fetters, Hailemichael Gebreselassie, Ahmed Abdella, Yirgu Gebrehiwot, Solomon Kumbi and Suzette Audam
International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 36, Issue 1, March 2010

Estimates of Induced Abortion in Mexico: What's Changed Between 1990 and 2006  [PDF version]
Fatima Juarez, Susheela Singh, Sandra G. Garcia and Claudia Diaz Olavarrieta
International Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 34, Issue 4, December 2008

Developments in Laws on Induced Abortion: 1998-2007  [PDF version]
Reed Boland and Laura Katzive
International Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 34, Issue 3, September 2008

Severity and Cost of Unsafe Abortion Complications Treated in Nigerian Hospitals  [PDF version]
Stanley K. Henshaw, Isaac Adewole, Susheela Singh, Akinrinola Bankole, Boniface Oye-Adeniran and Rubina Hussain
International Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 34, Issue 1, March 2008

Abortion in the United States: Incidence and Access to Services, 2005 [PDF]
Rachel K. Jones, Mia R. S. Zolna, Stanley K. Henshaw and Lawrence B. Finer
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 40, Issue 1, March 2008

Legal Abortion Worldwide: Incidence and Recent Trends  [PDF version]
Gilda Sedgh, Stanley K.Henshaw, Susheela Singh, Akinrinola Bankole and Joanna Drescher
International Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 33, Issue 3, September 2007

The High Cost of Unsafe Abortion [PDF]
Susheela Singh and Iqbal H. Shah
id21 health focus, August 2007

Timing of Steps and Reasons for Delays in Obtaining Abortions in the United States [PDF]
Lawrence B. Finer, Lori F. Frohwirth, Lindsay A. Dauphinee, Susheela Singh, and Ann M. Moore
Contraception, Volume 74, Issue 4, October 2006

Induced Abortion and Unintended Pregnancy in Guatemala
Susheela Singh, Elena Prada and Edgar Kestler
International Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 32, Issue 3, September 2006

Disparities in Rates of Unintended Pregnancy in the United States, 1994 and 2001  [PDF version]
Lawrence B. Finer and Stanley K. Henshaw
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 38, Issue 2, June 2006

The Incidence of Induced Abortion in Uganda  [PDF version]
Susheela Singh, Elena Prada, Florence Mirembe and Charles Kiggundu
International Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 31, Issue 4, December 2005

Reasons U.S. Women Have Abortions: Quantitative and Qualitative Perspectives  [PDF version]
Lawrence B. Finer, Lori F. Frohwirth, Lindsay A. Dauphinee, Susheela Singh and Ann M. Moore
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 37, Issue 3, September 2005

The Incidence of Induced Abortion in the Philippines: Current Level and Recent Trends  [PDF version]
Fatima Juarez, Josefina Cabigon, Susheela Singh and Rubina Hussain
International Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 31, Issue 3, September 2005

Abortion Incidence and Services in the United States  [PDF version]
Lawrence B. Finer and Stanley K. Henshaw
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 35, Issue 1, January/February 2003

The Accessibility of Abortion Services in the United States, 2001  [PDF version]
Lawrence B. Finer and Stanley K. Henshaw
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 35, Issue 1, January/February 2003

Contraceptive Use Among U.S. Women Having Abortions in 2000-2001  [PDF version]
Rachel K. Jones, Jacqueline E. Darroch and Stanley K. Henshaw
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 34, Issue 6, November/December 2002

Patterns in the Socioeconomic Characteristics of Women Obtaining Abortions in 2000-2001  [PDF version]
Rachel K. Jones, Jacqueline E. Darroch and Stanley K. Henshaw
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 34, Issue 5, September/October 2002

Mifepristone for Early Medical Abortion: Experiences in France, Great Britain and Sweden  [PDF version]
Rachel K. Jones and Stanley K. Henshaw
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 34, Issue 3, May/June 2002

Abortion Training in U.S. Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Programs, 1998  [PDF version]
Rene Almeling, Laureen Tews and Susan Dudley
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 32, Issue 6, November/December 2000

Teenage Abortion and Pregnancy Statistics by State, 1996  [PDF version]
Stanley K. Henshaw and Dina J. Feivelson
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 32, Issue 6, November/December 2000

Unintended Pregnancy in the United States  [PDF version]
Stanley K. Henshaw
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 30, Issue 1, January/February 1998

The Impact of Requirements for Parental Consent [PDF]
Stanley K. Henshaw
Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 27, Issue 3, May/June 1995

 

Consortium for Research On Unsafe Abortion in Africa tools for researchers focused on Africa

 

Top Resources on Abortion

An Overview of Abortion Laws [PDF] (Updated Monthly)

Facts on Induced Abortion in the United States [PDF version] Fact sheet containing the most up-to-date research and policy information (May 2010)

Abortion Worldwide: A Decade of Uneven Progress [PDF]
      Executive Summary [PDF]
(October 2009)

Facts on Induced Abortion Worldwide [PDF version] (October 2009)

An Overview of Abortion in the United States Slide presentation showing the current status of abortion in the U.S. (October 2009)

Trends in the Characteristics of Women Obtaining Abortions, 1974–2004 (with supplementary tables) [PDF] ( September 2008)

State Facts About Abortion State-level fact sheets (January 2008)

Abortion Worldwide: A Decade of Uneven Progress (Executive Summary) [PDF] ( October 2009)

 
 

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