induced abortion in a changing world / Abortion: a worldwide overview / challenge of induced abortion research: transdisciplinary perspectives / Demographic research and abortion policy: limits to the use of statistics / Kutoa Mimba: debates about schoolgirl abortion in Machame, Tanzania / Cleaning the belly: managing menstrual health in Guinea, West Africa / Changing assessments of abortion in a northern Nigerian town / role of local herbs in the recent fertility decline in Ghana: contraceptives or abortifacients? / Menstrual regulation in Bangladesh / impact of reproductive health policy changes on fertility, abortion, and contraceptive use in Romania / Determinants of abortion and contraceptive behavior in Russia / Abortion legislation in Mexico in the face of a changing sociodemographic and political context / role of pharmacists and market herb vendors as abortifacient providers in Mexico City / social pressure to abort / Concluding remarks: the role of ambiguity