Analysis of the legal status of a major social issue
Do you know that almost 50% of the countries have not legalized abortion? I was surprised to know that. Considering the fact that if countries like India, which stand very low on human rights, have legalized abortion...it was almost a shocker to know that so many countries have not legalized abortion. I wanted to just understand how do various countries fare in their legal framework on abortion. So, here is some analysis using the trusted Excel. The analysis done by verifying the abortion's legal status in various countries in 7 instances. Just to give an example, of how to read the above table, amongst the 54 countries in Africa, 1 country considers abortion illegal even when the woman's life is in danger. And amongst those 54 countries, there are 21 countries which consider abortion illegal when the physical health of the woman is in danger. Now, to understand some hard realities from these numbers.... From the above table, it ca...