Induced abortion and effecting factors of ever married women in the Southeast Anatolian Project Region, Turkey: a cross sectional study

Abstract

Background: Nearly 10% of the population of Turkey lives in the Southeast Anatolian Project (SEAP) region. The population growth rate and the rate of unintended pregnancies are high and family planning services are insufficient in this region. Lifetime induced abortion rate is also high in this region.

Prevalence and risk factors of abortion among a sample of married women in Kurdistan Region of Iraq

“…Occupation of women has a positive association with experience abortion; it means that the rate of abortion in the current study is higher in unemployed women than employed women, which is statistically meaningless. This result was similar to the results of the study conducted in Turkey by Bozkurt et al 2 They found that the percentage of women who had at least one abortion was higher for unemployed women. Erfani 21 reported the proportion of abortion was higher among employed women than unemployed women in Iran.…”

“…These results supported by multiple indicator cluster survey 2006 Iraq 11 that reported abortion percentage increased by age; the similar study also has shown that the older mothers were more likely to have an abortion. 2,16 Contrasted with these results, a study conducted by Pourreza 19 to examine the demographic and fertility factors that may predispose to spontaneous abortion in women with prior abortion, they found a statistically significant relationship between parity and abortion. This result was in contrast with the finding of a study done in Iran by Majlessi et al 20 which reported that there was no statistically significant association between abortion and number of children.…”

“…3 Induced abortion occurs at the desire of the couple and an increase in the induced abortion rate is a good indicator of inadequate family planning services. 2 Each year over 200 million pregnancies occur worldwide, and approximately one third of these are unintended, and about 20% of them end in induced abortion. 4 National statistics on abortion show that the women undergoing abortion suffer from physical complications such as infections, fevers, pain and bleeding, embolism, perforation of the uterus, and anesthesia complications.…”

“…1 Maternal and prenatal cares are the best prevention for spontaneous abortion. 2 Some factors influence the spontaneous abortion rate. For example, clinically apparent miscarriage increases with parity as well as with maternal and paternal age.…”

Prevalence and associated factors of induced abortion among rural married women: A cross‐sectional survey in Anhui, China

“…It exposes women to risks and complications because such procedures can endanger women's reproductive health and lead to serious, often life‐threatening complications . It is also one of the main causes of death of women of reproductive age …”