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Abortions in Sri Lanka -
Abortion rates in Sri Lanka are staggeringly high in spite of the prohibitory laws in place. In 2011 the Public Health Bureau claimed that an estimated 800 abortions take place every day. Recent data has suggested that there are around 290,000 abortions per year; a huge figure given that Sri Lanka’s annual birth rate stands at 380,000. The majority of abortions are carried out by unskilled practitioners, backstreet butchers, in unsanitary and unsafe conditions. The repercussions of this can be devastating. Internal bleeding and fatal infection are commonplace; abortion is currently the leading cause of maternal death in the country.
Abortion: A call for calm | Opinion
Population of Sri lanka is 20,859,949
Number of abortions per year - 290,000
So that means 1.4% of Sri lankan population is getting aborted every year.. Consider the small population, some will not laugh at the high rates of abortions happening in their back yard..
Abortion rates in Sri Lanka are staggeringly high in spite of the prohibitory laws in place. In 2011 the Public Health Bureau claimed that an estimated 800 abortions take place every day. Recent data has suggested that there are around 290,000 abortions per year; a huge figure given that Sri Lanka’s annual birth rate stands at 380,000. The majority of abortions are carried out by unskilled practitioners, backstreet butchers, in unsanitary and unsafe conditions. The repercussions of this can be devastating. Internal bleeding and fatal infection are commonplace; abortion is currently the leading cause of maternal death in the country.
Abortion: A call for calm | Opinion
Population of Sri lanka is 20,859,949
Number of abortions per year - 290,000
So that means 1.4% of Sri lankan population is getting aborted every year.. Consider the small population, some will not laugh at the high rates of abortions happening in their back yard..