HW 41

Topic: Abortion methods/rates Worldwide 


“Summary of Abortion Laws Around the World.” Pregnant Pause. Web. 03 Apr. 2011. <http://www.pregnantpause.org/lex/world02.jsp>.
This site provides a list of almost every country alongside their most recent abortion laws under various circumstances. Though it does not address any vital points, I find it to be self explanatory. There are many things a country’s leniency towards abortion can show about their culture. This article does not go into depth with details, but segregates the countries with more complex laws from the ones that strictly tolerate or do not tolerate abortion. This helps readers interested to easily further their study. 


“ABORTION: Religious and Ethical Aspects.” ReligiousTolerance.org by the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance. Web. 03 Apr. 2011. <http://www.religioustolerance.org/abortion2.ht


This site provides insight into religious and ethical aspects of the righteousness of abortion. Though it does not compare a wide variety of religions, it does offer information on Christian, Jewish, and Mormon beliefs. It also speaks of the violent crimes committed by anti-abortion activists on clinics that sparked after the supreme court ruling of Roe vs. Wade in the early 1970’s.


“Britain Is the Abortion Capital of Europe: Terminations for Teenagers Leap by a Third | Mail Online.” Home | Mail Online. Web. 03 Apr. 2011. <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1227059/Britain-abortion-capital-Europe-Terminations-teenagers-leap-third.html>.


This article posted on November 19th of 2009 focuses on the rise of abortion rates in the UK which has seemingly reached the top in Europe, right in front of France. It also zooms in their scope to find statistics based off age, where 48,150 out of 219,336 of the reported abortions in 2007 were girls under the age of 20. Whether or not this information is positive or negative depends on the reader.


Cariboni, Diana. “HEALTH-ASIA: Legal Abortion Does Not Necessarily Mean Safe Abortions.”IPS Inter Press Service. Web. 03 Apr. 2011. <http://ipsnews.net/africa/interna.asp?idnews=25304>.


This article focuses on six Asian countries (India, Indonesia, Nepal, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines) and the safety of the women who decide to get abortion. Though abortion is legal to an extent in all 6 countries, legal abortions are not necessarily safe abortions. Various methods of abortion are used in these countries, and many of them are cheaper alternatives resulting in possibly fatal results. 


“Types of Abortion Procedures : American Pregnancy Association.” Promoting Pregnancy Wellness : American Pregnancy Association. Web. 03 Apr. 2011. <http://www.americanpregnancy.org/unplannedpregnancy/abortionprocedures.html>.


This article provides information on abortion procedures condoned in the US, organized by each trimester. The first trimester abortions generally has the mother take a pill, while the second and third do not have any other options besides surgical procedures. It does not go into detail about any of the options, but does give a list down of several “safe” abortion methods. 


“BBC NEWS | Health | Unsafe Abortions ‘kill Thousands’” BBC News - Home. Web. 03 Apr. 2011. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3618612.stm>.


This article from 2004 states that unsafe abortions are causing about 200 women to die everyday, mainly in countries in Asia and Africa, but cases are reported all over the world as well. In Asia, 50% of all pregnancy related deaths are results of unsafe abortions and 10 million women undergo unsafe abortions every year. Key figures that may be promoting this is seen to be political and religious. 


For a topic like abortion methods, information is restricted to the internet, therefore I would like to work on a written project comparing and contrasting methods used worldwide and their cultural significance. Many of the sources above had information regarding Asian countries facing conflicts concerning abortion safety, and even one directly related religion and culture to this problem. Though abortion is a very large topic in the US, the severity of the problem is much lighter compared to other underprivileged countries in the East. By gaining knowledge and hopefully a greater perspective from their culture, it may give me a conclusion to why it has been an undergoing problem and how they view it from their standards.