Dr. Singh added that good quality medical care is a must for women suffering complications from unsafe abortions. Delaying treatment could mean death.

"The fact is that safe abortion services – the availability and accessibility of these – would prevent the situation, also," she said.

The Guttmacher Institute study said the highest rate of treatment for unsafe abortion is in Pakistan. The lowest is in Brazil. Regionally, the highest rate is in Asia, primarily South-Central Asia, followed by Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Dr. Singh said debate and controversy over abortion is widespread, in part, because of the stigma often associated with the procedure. But she said many women will seek an abortion out of desperation over an unintended pregnancy, even though there are laws banning or restricting it. She said reproductive rights can be subject to the political climate within a country.

Vocabulary

botch：拙笨地修补；弄坏某事物

obstetrics：产科学，助产术

gynecology：妇科学，妇科医学

hemorrhage：[病理] 出血

sepsis：败血症，[医] 脓毒病

vagina：[解剖] 阴道

contraceptive：避孕用具

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