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Now, I will talk to you about complications from induced abortion, meaning an abortion that the woman does something end a pregnancy. As you know, complications that result from induced abortion range in severity. When we speak of abortion complications, we are referring to those consequences that are severe enough to need treatment in a health facility, whether or not the woman actually obtains health care.
Abortion complications, as defined here, include both the extremely serious cases like sepsis or a perforated uterus and less serious cases like incomplete abortions, heavy bleeding and abdominal pain.
In answering the following set of questions concerning abortion complications, please keep this definition in mind. We are interested in abortion complications that occur to women residing in Liberia, whether they obtained the abortion in or outside of the country.