Australia's near neighbour East Timor has a birth rate of 8.5 per woman and a maternal death rate 20 times that of Australia. It is hardly an unusual case: around the world one woman dies in childbirth every minute. Another 68,000 women die every year as a result of unsafe abortion, which also leaves about 5 million women permanently injured or diseased. These are horrifying statistics. The fact that Australia is partly responsible for them should shame and anger us all, writes Emily Maguire.
SMH 1 Jan 2008
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