This study explores the opinion towards induced abortion as a family planning method among currently married urban women of Delhi through intensive interviews. An overwhelming majority approved it under following ranking conditions: rape, deformed offspring, and unwed pregnancy. About 80 per cent approved it for family size limitation and economic reasons. Of the variables studied, the wives’ e...

OBJECTIVE To compare the psychological trauma reactions of women who had either a miscarriage or an induced abortion, in the 2 years after the event. Further, to identify important predictors of Impact of Event Scale (IES) scores. METHOD A consecutive sample of women who experienced miscarriage (N = 40) or induced abortion (N = 80) were interviewed 3 times: 10 days (T1), 6 months (T2), and 2 ...

BACKGROUND Tanzania has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world, and unsafe abortion is one of its leading causes. Yet little is known about its incidence. OBJECTIVES To provide the first ever estimates of the incidence of unsafe abortion in Tanzania, at the national level and for each of the 8 geopolitical zones (7 in Mainland plus Zanzibar). METHODS A nationally represen...

induced abortion is one of the problems to which some women resort for different reasons including family planning, to hide their illegal relations, avoid unwanted pregnancy, rape, etc. physical and psychological aftermaths of abortion on women who experience it as well as cultural and social conditions of abortion show the importance of paying attention to the problem. this research aims to st...

Introduction Abortion is legally permitted in Sri Lanka, only if it is performed to save the mother’s life. However, it is estimated that a large number of induced abortions take place in Sri Lanka. Knowledge and attitudes towards induced abortion in the society are key issues influencing the policy response towards changes in the law. This study aimed to assess the knowledge and attitudes of a...

Unsafe abortion is one of the major medical and public health problems in developing countries including Ethiopia. However, there is a lack of up-to-date and reliable information on induced abortion distribution and its determinant factors in the country. This study was intended to assess induced abortion and associated factors in health facilities of Guraghe zone, Southern Ethiopia. Institutio...

BACKGROUND In induced abortion, the method, the risk of complications and the economic cost of the abortion are determined by gestational age. The aim of this study was to describe the determinants of induced abortion delay until the second trimester of pregnancy in Barcelona. METHODS We performed a cross-sectional study of induced abortions due to the physical or mental health of the woman (...

lence of induced abortion even in countries where abortion is legal.5 The shortcomings of direct measurement of abortion justify exploring the use of indirect estimation methods to measure abortion. Singh and Wulf estimated levels of induced abortion in six Latin American countries by adjusting data on abortion-related hospitalizations—which represented an estimate of the total number of aborti...

CONTEXT The legal status of induced abortion helps determine the availability of safe, affordable abortion services in a country, which in turn influences rates of maternal mortality and morbidity. It is important, therefore, for health professionals to know both the current status of abortion laws worldwide and the extent to which those laws are changing. METHODS Abortion-related laws in 152...

It is increasingly recognized that few if any populations have undergone the transition from high to low fertility without significant recourse to induced abortion (Davis, 1963; Kirk, 1967). The strategic role played by induced abortion in helping to bring down the birth rate of Japan and the nations of Eastern Europe is well documented (Muramatsu, 1960; Hall, 1970). That its contribution to fa...