The booklet admits that in much of the world infanticide and abortion target female fetuses and children because sons are preferred. As it became possible to determine the sex of a fetus, girl fetuses were invariably aborted. The booklet even acknowledges that Indian feminists have opposed abortion because it disproportionately targets female children. But the booklet goes on to note that unhygienic abortions often kill women.
Abortion kills more women than any other single pregnancy-related cause, the booklet observes.
It then endorses the full availability of legal and ostensibly safe abortions. Accessible legal abortion services could drastically reduce deaths from unsafe abortions, especially for the poor, it claims. Barriers to access such as parental consent for minors, spousal consent in many countries, and other criteria limiting the ability of a woman to have a free choice need to be examined by those who would like to offer services to prevent deaths due to abortion. It admits that doctors do not like doing abortions, and pregnant women do not like having them done. But rather than focus on alternatives to abortion, or explain why Christians have historically opposed abortion, the booklet chooses to minimize the moral implications of abortion.