Abortion in Iraq
Abortion in Iraq is illegal.[1][2]
Reasons for abortions
[edit]One doctor describes that some Iraqi women desire abortions because they believe their child would not live long, due to malnutrition or disease.[3]
Instances of abortions increase due to lack of access to birth control. IUDs are a common method of birth control in Iraq, but increased in price following economic sanctions applied after the Gulf War.[4]
Attitudes towards abortion
[edit]One study of 1302 women in Mosul found that 13.5% had induced an abortion in themselves. A majority of these women had done so through physical exertion.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "A look at some of the world's toughest abortion laws". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- ^ "The World's Abortion Laws". Center for Reproductive Rights. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- ^ Sibbald, Barbara (13 May 2003). "For Iraqi women, more war means more uncertainty". Canadian Medical Association Journal. 168 (10). PMID PMC154208.
{{cite journal}}: Check|pmid=value (help) - ^ Sibbald, Barbara (13 May 2003). "For Iraqi women, more war means more uncertainty". Canadian Medical Association Journal. 168 (10). PMID PMC154208.
{{cite journal}}: Check|pmid=value (help) - ^ Al-Ridhwany, Hajir; Aljawadi, Asma; Abduljawad, Muthanna (2018). "Use of induced abortion for birth control by mothers in Iraq". Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 24 (7): 644–652. doi:10.26719/2018.24.7.644. PMID 30215474. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
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