Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Title: Making abortion safer: a vital necessity Number: 76f261ef-a6e5-43e9-b8a5-2805fa18ee8e Handle: RePEc:avg:wpaper:en13127 Publication-Status: Published in Policy Brief Author-Name: Valentine Becquet et Author-Name: Heini Väisänen (Institut national d’études démographiques), Author-Name: Isaure Martinot-Lagarde et Author-Name: Anne Roos-Weil (Agence française de développement), Author-Name: Clémentine Rossier (Université de Genève et Institut national d’études démographiques). Abstract: One-third of the 200 million pregnancies per year are un- wanted. These are closely linked to difficulties in acces-sing sex education and effective contraceptive methods. Unwanted pregnancies are a public-health issue: one- quarter of them result in unsafe abortion, often with medical complications. Creation-Date: 2021-11-04 File-URL: https://www.afd.fr/sites/afd/files/2021-11-02-51-28/Policy_Brief_10_VA_BAT_final.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Classification-JEL: Q Length: 2