Unsafe Abortions Killing a Woman Every Two Hours

Unsafe abortions are posing serious health problems among women, observe gynaecologists. All over the world about four crore women opt for abortions every year and half of them are unsafe abortions. As a result about 50,000 women are facing serious health problems while 68,000 women are dying.
Though there is no specific data on abortions in India, the situation is no better as according to a study it is said that unsafe abortions are killing a woman every two hours here. ‘’I myself come across two to three unsafe abortions every week,’’ Dr D Padmavathi, a Hyderabad-based gynaecologist says.

It is not just women from poor and uneducated background who are resorting to unsafe abortions but even well educated and working women are also falling prey to unsafe abortions. Lack of awareness and  social stigma associated with abortions is driving many women to go for unsafe abortions instead of approaching a qualified medical practitioner, observe gynaecologists.

“Many women aged between 15 and 35 years opt for abortion either due to pregnancy before marriage or even unwanted pregnancy even after marriage. In spite of many advances and lot of cultural changes still a woman cannot assert that she wants an abortion openly,” opines Dr S Shantha Kumari, secretary, Obstetrics and Gynaecological Society of Hyderabad.

The main health problems from unsafe abortions are reproductive health of woman will suffer drastically making her unable to bear a child again. In many cases where a woman uses a pill to terminate abortion, gynaecologist find that the pill may have terminated the foetus but some pieces might remain which might pose serious health problem in the future.

Source AP  Hyderabad.