20-lakh women die due to abortion every year
20-lakh women die due to abortion every year
- Executive director of Population Foundation of India, Poonam Muttreja, working in the field of women's interest and family planning, today said that this information was given by the International Institute of Gutmaker and the Indian Institute of Population Sciences in a report submitted to the Government. Lack of knowledge of family planning and ignorance is the main reason for these deaths. To prevent such deaths, there is a need to work extensively across the country," she added.
Ms Muttreja said that in the first official figures, only six-lakh women had abortion recorded every year, whereas the figure of non-governmental organisations was 10-million.
"But now the figures of the Government and other organisations are the same.
- Executive director of Population Foundation of India, Poonam Muttreja, working in the field of women's interest and family planning, today said that this information was given by the International Institute of Gutmaker and the Indian Institute of Population Sciences in a report submitted to the Government. Lack of knowledge of family planning and ignorance is the main reason for these deaths. To prevent such deaths, there is a need to work extensively across the country," she added.
Ms Muttreja said that in the first official figures, only six-lakh women had abortion recorded every year, whereas the figure of non-governmental organisations was 10-million.
"But now the figures of the Government and other organisations are the same.