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      El mito de los 400 mil abortos en Colombia Translated title: The myth of the 400,000 abortions in Colombia

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          Durante años se ha dicho que en Colombia se practican 400 mil abortos clandestinos anuales, sin ninguna justificación y contra toda evidencia. Este artículo contrasta la validez de esa cifra. Primero explora cuál pudo ser la fuente inicial y luego muestra que ese cálculo apresurado es inconsistente con un estudio riguroso realizado en 1992. Después revisa otras fuentes que contradicen esa cifra; expone las dificultades para estimar las actividades ilegales y critica uno de los métodos empleados. Por último, estima el rango de abortos anuales a partir de las encuestas nacionales de demografía y salud.

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          For several years, without any justification and against all available evidence, it has been said that in Colombia 400,000 clandestine abortions are performed each year. This paper seeks to test the validity of this number. First, it provides an overview of what could have been the original source of this figure, and then it shows that this hasty calculation is inconsistent with a rigorous study of induced abortion made in 1992. Also, it analyses different sources of information that contradict those assessments; exposes the difficulties inherent in estimating the magnitude of illegal activities; and criticizes one methodology. Finally, it estimates the range of the number of annual abortions based on the Demographic and Health Surveys.

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                Revista de Economía Institucional
                Rev. Econ. Inst.
                Universidad Externado de Colombia, Facultad de Economía
                0124-5996
                July 2015
                : 17
                : 33
                : 253-274
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                S0124-59962015000200011
                10.18601/01245996.v17n33.11
                4b4881c1-c1a6-44c2-8a65-b5a17a1f623f

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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                Abortos clandestinos,demografía,salud,Colombia,Clandestine abortions,demography,health

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