Common use of Unsafe Abortion Clause in Contracts

Unsafe Abortion. Another major cause of death has been unsafe abortion. The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act has made unsafe abortion a less significant factor in maternal mortality. There has been a marked decrease in the number of women dying from this cause since the promulgation of the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act in 1996. However there has been a decrease in the number of facilities that offer surgical termination of pregnancy resulting in the lack of access to safe termination of pregnancy. This has been partly due to conscientious objection to the procedure and the shortage of staff caused by burn-out among the few providers. The associated stigma to health workers and health facilities conducting termination of pregnancy contributes to this. With the attention being increasingly devoted to HIV & AIDS, funding for the Sexual and Reproductive Health programmes has declined over the years and contraception services have been neglected. This has led to skills in contraception being lost and many women at high risk when pregnant to suffer complications and die from unplanned and high risk pregnancies.

Unsafe Abortion. Another major cause of death has been unsafe abortion. The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act has made unsafe abortion a less significant factor in maternal mortality. There has been a marked decrease in the number of women dying from this cause since the promulgation of passage the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act in 1996. However there has been a decrease in the number of facilities that offer surgical termination of pregnancy resulting in the lack of access to safe termination of pregnancy. This has been partly due to conscientious objection to the procedure and the shortage of staff caused by burn-out among the few providers. The associated stigma to health workers and health facilities conducting termination of pregnancy contributes to this. With the attention being increasingly devoted to HIV & AIDSHIV, funding for the Sexual and Reproductive Health programmes has declined over and the years and contraception health system suffered. Contraception services have been neglected. This has led to skills in contraception being lost and many women at high risk when pregnant to suffer complications and die from unplanned and high risk pregnancies.