Abortion data in India is a curious case. Even as the Central Health Management and Information System of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) recorded 11.06 lakh abortions in India in 2008-09, there is no official data available on unsafe abortions in the country. This, when the Registrar General of India — Sample Registration System (RGI-SRS) — estimates that 8 per cent of maternal deaths in India are attributed to abortions — a majority of these to unsafe procedures.

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The Health Department, in a report sent to the Union Ministry of Health on Tuesday, has noted a steep rise in the number of abortion cases among tribal women in the Attappady settlements in Palakkad district.
The report said “during the last 20 days 10 abortion cases were recorded among tribal women in Attappady.” Eight cases were reported in July, 2013, seven in June, and 11 in May.

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The civic administration's efforts to provide safe abortion to women have shown results as the number of women opting for medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) in the city have doubled in the last two years.
Information dissemination, facilitation and use of safe and easy abortion technique, called Manual Vacuum Aspiration (see box), has not only helped reduce risks caused due to unsafe methods of abortions, but has also helped remove the stigma attached to abortion.

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 Acknowledging that maternal mortality rate in the state is 8.9% due to unsafe abortions and around 15,000 women die annually across the nation due to it, the NRHM (National Rural Health Mission) authorities have stressed the need of implementation of safe abortion services at health centres across all the districts of state as per Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act-1971.

Source: Times of India
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