Pregnancies, abortions, and pregnancy intentions: a protocol for modeling and reporting global, regional and country estimates

• Main Authors: Jonathan Marc Bearak (Author), Anna Popinchalk (Author), Gilda Sedgh (Author), Bela Ganatra (Author), Ann-Beth Moller (Author), Özge Tunçalp (Author), Leontine Alkema (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Estimates of pregnancies, abortions and pregnancy intentions can help assess how effectively women and couples are able to fulfil their childbearing aspirations. Abortion incidence estimates are also a necessary foundation for research on the safety of abortions performed and the...