Abstract:
The objective of the study were to understand the determinates of women's choice of
seeking abortions to find the clues for minimizing them and thereby reduce maternal
morbidity and mortality.Awareness, ever-use and current use of contraceptive bu the
abortion group showed no difference from the national figures.What was obvious was the
higher use of traditional methodes in the abortion group.Two third of the abortion seekers
had used contraceptive before the current pregnancy and could be considered as
contraceptive failures.Reason given by women who sought abortion fell into the following
broad catergories,economic (68.7 per cent),Socio-cultural (16.7 per cent), medical (4.3 per
cent), obstetric (2.3 per cent),socio economic (1.0 per cent) and miscellaneous (7.0 per cent).
