 Though abortion is legal in Cambodia, an unmarried woman seeking an abortion is looked down upon.Women are expected not to indulge in sex before marriage and getting pregnant before marriage is frowned upon.Dr Ouk Vong Vathiny, executive director of Reproductive Health Association of Cambodia, told Phenompenhpost, "Many women don’t want to tell anyone because as Buddhists, the community considers it a sin.”

According to a study conducted by BMC, 40 percent every 32 women's deaths reported in Cambodia, resulted from unsafe Abortion.