Legal Abortion Levels and Trends By Woman's Age at Termination

Sedgh, Gilda; Bankole, Akinrinola; Singh, Susheela; Eilers, Michelle A.

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“…The majority of women in this study were either not married, in de facto partnerships or not in a relationship, and three quarters of the women already had children. This finding reflects general trends in TOP which show higher rates in women aged over 30 years (particularly in Southern and Eastern Europe) and which may be attributed to contraception effectiveness/efficacy/use/non-use, desire for less children, completed childbearing, and/or delayed relationship formation [28]. Notably, of those in relationships only half perceived their relationship to be stable.…”

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Australian Women’s Fertility Experiences prior to a Termination of Pregnancy

Abigail

Lacey

2014

The Scientific World Journal

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Objective. This research aimed to investigate the fertility management of women aged over 30 years prior to a termination of pregnancy (TOP) to inform primary health care service delivery providers and policy makers. Design. An ethically approved, two-phase sequential explanatory mixed methods design was used. This paper reports on part of that study. Setting. The study was conducted in five South Australian TOP clinics. Patients. Women aged over 30 years attending for a TOP in 2009 were invited to participate. Interventions. The Contraception Sexual Attitude Questionnaire (modified version) of women attending termination of pregnancy services was used. Main Outcomes Measures. Quantitative data analysis utilized SPSS V16 where simple descriptive statistics were described. Results. There were 101 questionnaire respondents where 70.5% were Australian women, predominantly married and with children. Women used contraception but experienced method failure, were beginning a new method, or were afraid of side effects. Risk-taking behaviours were reported such as putting the possibility of pregnancy out of their mind, getting carried away and not thinking of pregnancy risk, or frequently having unprotected intercourse. Conclusion. Service delivery needs to include age specific programs, and policy makers need to include policies which are adequately funded and evaluated. Further research is required to provide greater depth of knowledge in this area.

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Australian Women’s Fertility Experiences prior to a Termination of Pregnancy

Abigail

Lacey

2014

The Scientific World Journal

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“…Worldwide, among all the pregnancies that occur, the prevalence of unwanted pregnancies and induced abortions (41% and 20%, respectively in 2008) is unacceptably high (Sedgh et al, 2012;Sedgh, Bankole, Singh, & Eilers, 2013), and even higher in low and middle income countries (Singh, Sedgh, & Hussain, 2010). About half of the abortions are estimated to be unsafe (Sedgh et al, 2012), contributing significantly to maternal morbidity and mortality (Dragoman et al, 2014).…”

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High prevalence of unwanted pregnancies and induced abortions among HIV-infected women from Western India: need to emphasize dual method use?

Darak

Hutter

Kulkarni³

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AIDS Care

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This study examines the prevalence, reasons and predictors of unwanted pregnancies and induced abortions among ever married HIV infected women attending a care facility in Maharashtra, Western India and discusses its programmatic and policy implications.Retrospectively collected data of pregnancies conceived after the diagnosis of HIV were analyzed using descriptive and logistic regression techniques. Among the 622 women interviewed, 113 women had 158 pregnancies with known outcomes after HIV diagnosis.Among these 80 (51%) were unwanted and 79 (50%) were voluntarily terminated. Fear of transmitting HIV to the child was a frequently mentioned reason for unwanted pregnancy

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“…27,28 Between 1976 and 1999, teenage fertility rates in all Nordic countries decreased by more than 50%; during the same time period, abortion rates declined by approximately 40% in Finland and Denmark, and by 20-25% in Norway and Sweden. 27 However, a higher proportion of all abortions were performed for teenagers in Finland than in all other Nordic countries except for Iceland (in the late 1990s and early 2000s, around 20%, compared with approximately 15% in Denmark, Norway and Sweden), 29 which may indicate higher sexual activity or more inconsistent contraceptive use among Finnish teenagers than among teenagers in other Nordic countries.…”

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Social Inequalities in Teenage Fertility Outcomes: Childbearing and Abortion Trends of Three Birth Cohorts In Finland

Väisänen

Murphy

2014

Perspect Sexual Reproductive

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This document is the author's final accepted version of the journal article. There may be differences between this version and the published version. You are advised to consult the publisher's version if you wish to cite from it. Social Inequalities in Teenage Fertility Outcomes: Childbearing and Abortion Trends of Three Birth Cohorts in FinlandHeini Väisänen and Michael Murphy London School of Economics and Political Science CONTEXT: Teenagers of low socioeconomic status are more likely to get pregnant, and less likely to choose abortion, than more privileged teenagers. Few studies have used longitudinal data to examine whether these differences persist as overall teenage pregnancy rates decline.METHODS: Nationally representative register data from 259,242 Finnish women in three birth cohorts (1955-1959,1965-1969 and 1975-1979) were analyzed using Cox regression to assess socioeconomic differences in teenagers' risks of pregnancy and abortion. Binary logistic regression was used to assess socioeconomic differences in the odds of pregnant teenagers' choosing abortion.RESULTS: Socioeconomic differences in abortion risk did not change substantially across cohorts; however, differences in the risk of childbirth rose between the fi rst two cohorts and then returned to their earlier level. In all cohorts, teenagers from upper-level employee backgrounds, the most privileged group, had the lowest risks of abortion and childbirth (44-53% and 53-69% lower, respectively, than those for manual workers' children). Teenagers whose parents were lower-level employees or farmers also had reduced risks of both outcomes in all cohorts; results for other socioeconomic groups were less consistent. Pregnant teenagers from upper-level employee backgrounds had 2-3 times the odds of abortion of manual workers' children; the largest difference was found in the 1950s cohort.CONCLUSIONS: Despite the declining overall teenage pregnancy rate, poorer background continues to be associated with a higher risk of conceiving and of giving birth.

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Legal Abortion Levels and Trends By Woman's Age at Termination

Cited by 18 publications

References 22 publications

Australian Women’s Fertility Experiences prior to a Termination of Pregnancy

Australian Women’s Fertility Experiences prior to a Termination of Pregnancy

High prevalence of unwanted pregnancies and induced abortions among HIV-infected women from Western India: need to emphasize dual method use?

Social Inequalities in Teenage Fertility Outcomes: Childbearing and Abortion Trends of Three Birth Cohorts In Finland

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