Top scientific groups from the G8 countries recently said that funding must increase for maternal and child health, including initiatives aimed at unsafe abortions.
A statement from the groups communicated that up to 40 percent of infant and maternal deaths can be averted by improving access to contraception services and measures for minimizing unsafe abortions.
From ctv.ca:
The Conservative government has excluded abortion funding in its G8 maternal- and child-health initiative.
The scientific groups say governments and inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations must deal openly with unsafe abortions, and ensure appropriate and accessible treatment of women who develop complications.
“Provision of effective contraception for approximately 200 million women who have none would prevent 23 million unplanned births, 22 million induced abortions and 14,000 pregnancy-related maternal deaths each year,” the statement, released late Tuesday, reads.
The scientific groups also say practices such as female genital mutilation should be eradicated and the misuse of technology of prenatal sex determination for aborting female fetuses should be condemned.
The statement also disclosed that community shaping global political priorities for the health of children and women has been fragmented.
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