Guadeloupe is carving a sad record. It is the French region champion in number of abortions. This is revealed by the latest publication from the Directorate of Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics of the Ministry of Health.
Guadeloupe has a voluntary termination rate twice as high as that recorded in France.
Last year, more than 3 women of reproductive age aborted with us. And minors are far from being those who have used this practice the most.
Figures which remain equivalent to those of previous years. The record for France, ahead of Guyana, Martinique, Reunion, then come the regions of the national territory.
The majority of abortions (voluntary termination of pregnancy) are performed in hospitals, but in Guadeloupe, more than one in 4 is performed in a private practice by medication. The sign also that they take place in the very first weeks of pregnancy.
Still too many illegal abortions
Results which do not take into account clandestine acts, which would still be important, here. In particular, among foreign populations, without social security coverage. With consequences, sometimes dramatic. The CHU regularly sees the arrival of women suffering from hemorrhages or infections following a clandestine abortion. Without medical intervention, they could appear in this tragic accounting: 47 women die from it every year, worldwide.
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