Clandestine abortions generate up to $95 million a year for Polish doctors as women use illegal private sector
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 10:30
in Mathematics & Economics
A new analysis shows that the criminalization of abortion in Poland has led to the development of a vast illegal private sector with no controls on price, quality of care or accountability. Since abortion became illegal in the late 1980s the number of abortions carried out in hospitals has fallen by 99%. The private trade in abortions is, however, flourishing, with abortion providers advertising openly in newspapers.