Making abortion legal, safe, and rare

摘要

"Every attempt should be made to eliminate the need for abortion", concluded the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, Egypt Yet, since the conference, funding for family planning has decreased and informed debate about abortion has been stifled by political, religious, and financial pressure.In today's Lancet, Jill Replogle's World Report describes changes to abortion laws in Latin America Some countries are making abortions more difficult to obtain; others easier The changes will please some readers and dismay others Irrespective of an individual's viewpoint, the debate over abortion in Latin America cannot be ignored In Brazil, which has the world's largest Roman Catholic population, abortion is only permitted after rape or to save a mother's life.