Women living in Latin American countries where the Zika virus is spreading locally are requesting more abortions, a new study finds.
When researchers looked at eight countries where Zika is spreading, where abortion is illegal and where there are national advisories warning women of the risks, they found the abortion rate increasing in all but one of the countries, by anywhere from 36 percent to 108 percent.
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