The Zambian Association of Gynecology and Obstetrics is one of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) member societies participating in the FIGO Initiative for the Prevention of Unsafe Abortion and its Consequences from the East, Central, and Southern Africa region. The activities included in this country's plan of action were to provide access to safe abortion within the full extent of the law to women receiving care at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, and to increase the proportion of women leaving the hospital with a contraceptive method. Zambian law regarding abortion is liberal, but in general it was not applied until very recently. The proportion of legal terminations of pregnancy among patients receiving abortion care at the hospital increased from 3.2% in 2009 to 7.7% in 2011, while the percentage of women leaving the hospital with a contraceptive method increased from 25.3% to 69.4% over the same period. © 2014 International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics.126SUPPL. 1S49S51Termination of Pregnancy Act, , Zambia Penal Code Chapter 304 of the Laws of ZambiaAhmed, Y., (2006) UTH Causes of Maternal Deaths, , Lusaka University Teaching Hospital. Annual hospital maternal death review records (Unpublished)Lähteenmäki, P., Luukkainen, T., Return of ovarian function after abortion (1978) Clin Endocrinol, 8 (2), pp. 123-132Schreiber, C.A., Sober, S., Ratcliffe, S., Creinin, M.D., Ovulation resumption after medical abortion with mifepristone and misoprostol (2011) Contraception, 84 (3), pp. 230-233Gillett, P.G., Lee, N.H., Yuzpe, A.A., Cerskus, I., A comparison of the efficacy and acceptability of the Copper-7 intrauterine device following immediate or delayed insertion after first-trimester therapeutic abortion (1980) Fertil Steril, 34 (2), pp. 121-124Ames, C.M., Norman, W.V., Preventing repeat abortion in Canada: Is the immediate insertion of intrauterine devices postabortion a cost-effective option associated with fewer repeat abortions? (2012) Contraception, 85 (1), pp. 51-55(2010) Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, , http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2010/9789241563888_eng.pdf?ua=1, World Health Organization 4th ed. WHO Geneva