Some facts about abortion

Last modified: November 19, 2009
  • Abortion is one of the most common surgical procedures in Australia

  • Abortion is one of the safest medical procedures in Australia. It is 10 times safer than childbirth and around 200 times safer than an appendectomy

  • Around one in three Australian women will undergo an abortion at some time in their lives

  • Studies show that between half and two thirds of all women presenting for abortion were using contraception at the time

  • A safely performed abortion with no complications doesn’t reduce a woman’s future fertility

  • The legal and voluntary termination of pregnancy rarely causes immediate or lasting negative psychological consequences in healthy women

  • The 2003 Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, conducted by the Australian National University’s Centre for Social Research, found that more than 80% of respondents supported a woman’s right to choose.

  • The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that worldwide 68,000 women die every year as a consequence of illegal, unsafe abortions.

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