One in Three Pregnancies Gets Terminated in India

1 in 3 of 48.3 million pregnancy

15.6
Ended million
into abortions in
2015

Abortion
0.8 million
Nearly 1/2 Health &
!
women used
pregnancies
unintended
unsafe Life risk
methods
73%
surgical medication
Abortion Around 22% abortions
terminations
pills abortions were done outside
of pregnancy done in public
totaled health
2.2 million health facilities facilities
up to
12.7 5% were conducted by
million informal providers
Country Abortion Rate (per 1,000 women aged between 15 & 49 years)
Pakistan 50

India 47
Nepal 42
Bangladesh 39
Source: Study Published in The Lancet, Vol. 5, March 2017