The young domestic servant had just had a clandestine abortion.
The well-to-do get clandestine though safe abortions in private clinics.
These data are based only on reported legal abortions; the number of clandestine abortions remains unknown.
Like many Latin American women, she had undergone a clandestine abortion.
Furthermore, a considerable number of women either died or were maimed during clandestine abortions.
Even though clandestine abortion is a prevalent means of birth control throughout Latin America, family planning programs in the region are considered successful.
In the rare instances when informing parents could put the mother or child, or both, at risk, a clandestine abortion is the only option.
Our interest is to fight clandestine abortion and we have to produce a law that respects the result of the referendum.
In 2004, the most recent year for which any statistics are available, there were 93 investigations of people associated with a clandestine abortion.
Among the results, all too often, are unwanted pregnancies and clandestine abortions.