User:Kaylinmpena/Women's Reproductive Rights in the Dominican Republic
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Women's reproductive rights in the Dominican Republic are very limited when it comes to the abortion ban that makes abortion illegal even when it comes to life threatening situations. There are several reasons why someone may seek to get an abortion. Some reasons being financial struggles, pregnancies as a product from rape, other children to care for, or unstable situations unfit to raise a child. Women in the Dominican Republic have some of the highest mortality rates in its region with 95 out of 100,000 women not surviving childbirth.[1]
[2] Abortion related complications account for around 8% of maternal deaths. The lack of women's reproductive rights in the Dominican Republic have led to high pregnancy related mortality rates.