{"id":1612,"date":"2020-11-09T12:13:45","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T10:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lac.org.na\/?p=1612"},"modified":"2021-03-26T10:11:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T08:11:05","slug":"abortion-facts-in-namibia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lac.org.na\/index.php\/2020\/11\/09\/abortion-facts-in-namibia\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortion Facts in Namibia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Global Pe<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lac.org.na\/projects\/grap\/Pdf\/abortion_facts-2020.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1601 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lac.org.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/grap-abortion-pdf-link-300x58.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"65\" \/><\/a>rspectives<br \/>\n<\/strong>How many abortions take place each year? According to the World Health Organisation, there were an estimated 56.3 million abortions per year globally between 2010 and 2014. This means that about 25% of all pregnancies (1 out of 4) ended in abortion, legally or illegally. According to the Guttmacher Institute, about 121 million unplanned pregnancies occurred each year between 2015 and 2019. About 61% of all unplanned pregnancies (somewhat less than 2 out of 3) end in abortion. In total, about 73 million abortions took place each year during that time period.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lac.org.na\/projects\/grap\/Pdf\/abortion_facts-2020.pdf\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Perspectives How many abortions take place each year? According to the World Health Organisation, there were an estimated 56.3 million abortions per year globally between 2010 and 2014. This means that about 25% of all pregnancies (1 out of 4) ended in abortion, legally or illegally. 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