Abortion Rights in Latin America
'For proof that criminalizing abortion doesn't reduce abortion rates and only endangers the lives of women, consider Latin America. In most of the region, abortions are a crime, but the abortion rate is far higher than in Western Europe or the United States.'
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/06/opini on/06fri3.html?th&emc=th
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/06/opini
