The region of the world where there are more abortions than births

May 16, 2019

Official statistics surprise everyone and show that since 2013, the number of abortions performed at birth is higher.

Greenland is the largest island in the worldbut still has a very small population: 55,992 people, according to official statistics from January 2019. However, they have an abortion rate that surprises everyone.

Since 2013, 700 births and 800 abortions a year have been recorded.. The statistics were compiled by the local government itself, which, despite its autonomy, remains a dependent territory of Denmark.

Although the economic difficulties and the lack of education, the factors that can contribute to this index are high, in Greenland, contraceptives are free and easy to accessso I would not explain these statistics completely.

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Although in many countries of the world, abortion is a stigmatizing and prejudiced practice, it is not the same in Greenland. "In Greenland, the debate on abortion is not taboo or morally condemned, any more than pre-marital bad or unplanned pregnancies", Explain Turi Hermannsdottir from the University of Roskilde, Denmark.

As he explains BBC Hermannsdottir Her research aims to present three reasons why women in this region of the world do not deal with contraceptives at the time of intercourse.

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The first is because they want a son, the second because women whose lives are marked by violence and alcohol may forget to take the drugsand finally because many men refuse to use condoms.

"I usually use protection, but sometimes forget it – I can not have a baby now, I'm in my last year of school," he says. Piia, a young resident of Nuuk the capital of Greenland