Emergency Contraception and Abortion among University Students

Sexual Debut, Sexual Education, Abortion, Awareness and Prevalence of Contraceptive Among Female Undergraduates Students in Public and Private Universities in Ekiti State, Nigeria

“…The report also documented the rate of abortion in Nigeria as 33 per 1000 in women aged 15-49 [8]. Among university students, abortion appears relatively high with a rate of 60% globally according to an international study, 48% in Ghana, and 47.2% among university students in southeast Nigeria [9][10][11]. Though a low rate of 6.7% was recorded in northern Nigeria about 12.6% of the students still noted that induced abortion is a good way of resolving the challenge of unwanted pregnancy [12].…”