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Induced abortion frequency in Ankara,Turkey, before and after the legal regulation of induced abortion
Authors:Işıl Maral  Selda Albyrak  Neşe Öztimur  Aydan Biri  M. Ali Bumin
Affiliation:1. School of Medicine, Department of Public Health,;2. Independent Scholar, Turkey;3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
Abstract:Objective To determine the effects of the 1983 law that legalized induced abortion on the number and place of abortions, and on the use of family planning (FP) methods before and after abortion, and to determine the demographic characteristics and reproductive health features according to the order of abortion.

Method This study included 2455 married, widowed or divorced women presenting at Mother and Child Health-Family Planning Centres in Ankara. A questionnaire was used for data collection.

Result Nearly three out of 10 (28.7%) of the women had undergone at least one induced abortion. In the age groups 45–54 and 55–64, 49 and 37.3%, respectively, had had one or more terminations of pregnancy (TOPs). The induced abortion rate increased following the enacting of the law. In the 15–24 and in the 55–64 age group, 55.6 and 89%, respectively, of the women had been aborted by a private physician. Before the index pregnancy, 63.1% were not using contraception compared with 37.3% thereafter. The rate of use of FP increased after the law was passed.

Conclusion Although the most common reason for having an abortion was unwanted pregnancy in all age groups and nearly 60.0% of the women aged less than 55 reported that they were not using any FP method at the time of the TOP, the proportion of women having undergone at least one of these procedures increased after the law was passed, indicating that abortion is used as a FP method.
Keywords:Induced abortion  Abortion law  Legal regulation  Family planning
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