From Al Jazeera in English, a chilling report on illegal abortions in Argentina:
About 500,000 illegal abortions are performed every year in clandestine places like this, and around 400 girls die from botched terminations.
I would be curious as to how this figure was gathered, given the reluctance of abortion providers and seekers to discuss the issue openly. If accurate, the figure is not surprising; according to a 2007 study by Guttmacher Institute and World Health Organization, rates of termination in nations where abortion is illegal are comperable to those were it is legal. If a certain number of abortions appear to be an inescapable feature of human societies, it is reasonable to insure they are safe and sanitary.