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Correction: Trends in the method and gestational age of abortion in high-income countries

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Popinchalk A, Sedgh G. Trends in the method and gestational age of abortion in high-income countries. BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health 2019;45:95-103. doi: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2018-200149

In this article, the following changes should have been made in the published version. On page 1 the second key message should have read ‘at least 90% of abortions occur before 13 weeks.

In the discussion section, the sentence ‘These waiting periods range from 48 hours in Scotland and Singapore’ should have said ‘These waiting periods range from 48 hours in Slovakia and Singapore.

In table 1, the gestational age limit has been updated in the countries Great Britain, Iceland, Israel, Japan and New Zealand. The updated data reads as follows;

In supplementary table 2, the data should have been updated as follows:

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