Safe abortion care: women’s and girls’ lives depend on it

  • Claire Fotheringham Doctors Without Borders
Keywords: safe abortion care

Abstract

Every day, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) witness the consequences of unsafe abortion. In some of our hospitals, it is the cause of up to 30 percent of obstetric emergencies. Yet this devastating cost to the health and lives of women and girls is completely preventable.

Author Biography

Claire Fotheringham, Doctors Without Borders

Medical Advisor for Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Doctors Without Borders (MSF)

Published
2019-05-27
Section
Editorial