Every year twenty-five million women worldwide are forced to end their pregnancies with unsafe abortions.

Every year twenty-two -thousand women die from the consequences of these unsafe abortions.

Unsafe abortions are one of the main causes of maternal death worldwide.

These deaths are almost entirely preventable.

We know that restricting abortion does not result in fewer abortions.

When people do not have access to safe abortion they will often resort to unsafe methods.

Doctors Without Borders has directly witnessed the suffering and death caused by unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions.

We have expanded our efforts to provide safe abortion care into our medical projects in many countries.

Our teams provide safe abortions for women who request it and treat the medical complications from unsafe abortions.

Let’s be clear: Safe abortion care is essential medical care.