How many mothers die from ‘unsafe abortion’?

Nobody knows, and current definitions are designed with political ends in mind. UN Millennium Development Goal 5 aims at reducing maternal mortality by 75 per cent between 1990 and 2015, but it is a target most unlikely to be reached. One important reason for that, says American doctor and researcher Donna J Harrison, is unreliable data on the causes of maternal death -- in particular abortion. In this interview with MercatorNet, Dr Harrison explains what’s wrong with the abortion data and why it matters. MercatorNet