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6 CAPRI | The Cost of Unequal Access to Safe Abortion in Jamaica 2 Background The problem of unsafe abortions and corresponding HIGH RATES OF MATERNAL DEATHS has been acknowledged by the Government of Jamaica as far back as 1975 CAPRI | The Cost of Unequal Access to Safe Abortion in Jamaica The Cost of Unequal Access to Safe Abortion in Jamaica | CAPRI 7 In Jamaica, termination of a pregnancy thus. [...] In corresponding high rates of maternal the English case, the court held that if the deaths was acknowledged by the Jamaica since 1975 when the then- doctor is of the opinion that the probable Government of Jamaica as far back Minister of Health embraced it in a consequence of continuance of the as 1975. [...] It is usually considered that the majority of Jamaican voters would not support the repeal of the sections relevant to abortion and buggery in the Offences Against the Person Act, and so a referendum on the matters would be a neat way to remove the issue from the political agenda, while cementing the law at the same time. [...] 12 “Report of the Joint Select Committee Appointed to Complete the Review of the Sexual Offences Act Along With the Offences Against the Person Act, the Domestic CAPRI | The Cost of Unequal Access to Safe Abortion in Jamaica The Cost of Unequal Access to Safe Abortion in Jamaica | CAPRI 9 Notwithstanding these recommendations, the House of In January 2021, following the Argentine Senate’s landmark. [...] The abortions is more than twice the average to estimate the direct cost of treating average cost with capital and overhead cost of safe abortion procedures.88 complications from unsafe abortions costs added, in 2006, was estimated to to the public health system it would be The direct medical costs of the treatment be US$130 (in 2020 US$166).92 A more necessary to know the number of women are born.