In the absence of a safe legal measure for termination of pregnancy, women opt for unsafe abortions and such unsafe abortions can lead to complications in the body of the woman, or even lead to her death. Unsafe abortions often occur where abortion is illegal. Unsafe abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by persons lacking the necessary skills, or in an environment lacking minimum medical standards, or both. This can be an extremely dangerous, potentially life-threatening, self-induced procedure under unsanitary conditions. Unsafe abortion is a significant cause of maternal morality and harm worldwide. Most unsafe abortions take place in countries where abortion is illegal or in the majority of developing countries where well-trained doctors are not readily available. The World Health Organization (WHO) released an estimate in 2003 that approximately 42 million pregnancies were terminated, of which 20 million were unsafe abortions. An estimated 60,000 women die from complications related to unsafe abortion, infection or damage to internal organs. According to data compiled by Ipas India, an international NGO, unsafe abortions kill one woman every two hours in India, according to estimates and calculations correlating data on maternal morality ratio and sample registration services. and Caribbean 3700 32 29North America Negligible incidence Negligible incidence Negligible incidenceOceania ** 30 12 17World 19000 14 14* Excluding Japan** Excluding Austria...... middle of paper ......has increased precipitously over of the last half century, it is not only in the personal interest of the person who gives life, but also in the interest of the economy as a whole, that the right to abortion must be conferred on the person who gives life. If the giver of life believes that he would not be able to grant the fetus the "right to life", in the modern sense of the term, he must have the discretion to abort the fetus before it matures. That said, the right to abortion comes with the threat of abuse and misuse. The intention of the abortion is of fundamental importance. Not all acts of abortion can be classified under the “right to life” category. When abortion involves an element of criminality, good becomes evil. Henceforth, the question of whether the act of abortion is criminal in nature will have to be judged on the facts and circumstances of each case..