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if the law does not specifically mention the condition.
(2) The total fertility rate (TFR) is the average number of children that would be born alive to
a woman during her lifetime if she were to pass through all her childbearing years conforming
to the age-specific fertility rates of a given year.
(3) The maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die as a result of childbearing
in a given year per 100 000 births in that year.
(4) Abortion deaths as a percentage of all maternal deaths (proportion of maternal deaths)
(5) The abortion laws in these countries allow abortions to be performed to preserve the health
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(6) The abortion laws in these countries either expressly allow abortions to be performed only
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(7) The abortion laws in these countries do not expressly allow abortions to be performed to
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(8) The abortion laws in these countries have been amended to remove all indications for the
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abortion law of the Federal District; some other states allow abortions to be performed on
grounds (2), (3), (5) and (6).
(12) Nicaragua’s abortion law allows the performance of "therapeutic abortions", but does not
specify which abortions are therapeutic.
(13) Abortions are also authorized for serious health reasons that endanger the life of the “product
of conception”.
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