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How many illegal abortions take place in Zimbabwe in a year?

Due to highly restrictive abortion laws, more than 70,000 women each year undergo unsafe abortions. One estimate is that Zimbabwean women run a 200 times greater risk of dying due to unsafe abortion complications than their counterparts in South Africa, where the procedure is legal.

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