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Decriminalizing Abortion in the Philippines by Brent Harvey Soriano Jimenez is a document available to read on EtoBox.

Abortion remains illegal in the Philippines despite some laws aimed at expanding access to contraception and sex education. Each year, around 1,000 women die from complications from unsafe illegal abortions. While the country is largely Catholic and abortion is viewed as immoral, poor and rural women often feel they have no choice but to seek dangerous illegal abortions due to lack of access to contraception and family planning resources. Studies estimate over 1 million abortions still occur annually in the

Author

Brent Harvey Soriano Jimenez

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