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An article critique on a publication about Ethiopia’s safe abortion law and maternal mortality
Abstract
Ethiopia is considered one of the early reproductive health champions in Africa by making huge reproductive health and rights reforms including changing its safe abortion law. A recent publication in Ethiopian Medical Journal by Calum Miller has presented a flawed argument on Ethiopia’s safe abortion law and maternal mortality trend over the period following legal reform. Miller claimed that abortion related mortality has already decreased before the legal reform in 2005 and the legal reform has only increased abortion incidence and abortion-related morbidity and mortality. Our review has shown that abortion related mortality was a leading cause of maternal mortality before the legal reform while currently contributing only less than 10%. We have selected outstanding arguments and presented a critique of Miller’s article
