Editing Reproductive rights (section)

==Maternal mortality==
{{Main|Maternal death}}
[[File:Maternal mortality rate worldwide.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Maternal Mortality Rate]] worldwide, as defined by the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management, excluding accidental or incidental causes<ref name=CIA2010>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111024112608/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2223rank.html?countryName=Australia&countryCode=as&regionCode=aus&rank=156#as Country Comparison: Maternal Mortality Rate] in [[:en:The World Factbook|The CIA World Factbook]]. Date of Information: 2010</ref>]]
Maternal death is defined by the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) as "the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of [[pregnancy]], irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.who.int/healthinfo/statistics/indmaternalmortality/en/|title=WHO – Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births)|website=www.who.int}}</ref> It is estimated that in 2015, about 303,000 women died during and following pregnancy and childbirth, and 99% of such deaths occur in developing countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs348/en/|title=Maternal mortality|website=World Health Organization}}</ref>