Editorial Reviews - Abortion by Continent From the Publisher Chapters: Abortion in Asia, Abortion in Europe, Abortion in the Americas, Abortion in Argentina, Abortion in Mexico, Abortion in Chile, Abortion in Japan, Abortion in Israel, Abortion in Nicaragua, Abortion in Russia, Abortion in Italy, Abortion in India, Sandbæk Report, Abortion in the Philippines, Abortion in the Czech Republic, Abortion in El Salvador, Abortion in Romania, Abortion in Poland, Etienne Vermeersch, Abortion in Brazil, Abortion in Switzerland, Abortion in China, Abortion in Spain, Abortion in Finland, Abortion in Iran, Abortion in Sweden, Abortion in Albania, Abortion in Portugal, Abortion in Hungary, Abortion in Slovakia, Abortion in Guyana, Abortion in Denmark, Abortion in the Dominican Republic, Abortion in Belarus, Abortion in Cyprus, Abortion in Austria, Abortion in Belgium, Marta Gonzalez, Abortion in Monaco, Abortion in Estonia, Abortion in Guatemala, Abortion in Uruguay, Abortion in Trinidad and Tobago, Abortion in Paraguay, Abortion in Bolivia, Abortion in Venezuela, Abortion in Colombia, Abortion in Suriname, Abortion in Greece, Abortion in Panama, Abortion in Andorra, Abortion in Peru, Abortion in Ecuador, Abortion in Iceland. Excerpt: Abortion in Argentina is strictly limited by law. Abortion complications are the leading cause of maternal mortality in Argentina (30% of the total, around 100 annual deaths). Until 2007 there were no confirmed figures of performed abortions; health authorities estimated 500,000 per year (40% of all pregnancies), in most cases presumably illegal and often outside proper sanitary conditions. Around 80,000 patients per year are hospitalized due to post-abortion complications (and must face legal punishment). Many failed abortion attempts and deaths due to them are not recorded as such and/or ar... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=6723232 Synopsis Chapters: Abortion in Asia, Abortion in Europe, Abortion in the Americas, Abo