Women Who Obtain Repeat Abortions: A Study Based on Record Linkage

Predictive model of repeat induced abortion in Hungary

“…Relevant fi ndings of former research concerning characteristics of women, who have undergone repeat induced abortions, refl ect instability in the contraception or lack of prevention of unintended pregnancy [5,7,8]. Women who obtained repeat abortion are older [9,10], have more children [5,7,10] and are in instable family relation [5,7,10], in contrast with women seeking initial abortions.…”

“…Women who obtained repeat abortion are older [9,10], have more children [5,7,10] and are in instable family relation [5,7,10], in contrast with women seeking initial abortions. Compared with fi rst-time abortion patients, repeat-abortion patients were signifi cantly more likely to have been using a contraceptive method at the time of conception [5,7,9,10].…”

Characteristics of women undergoing repeat induced abortion

“…[3][4][5][6][7] Rates of repeat induced abortion increased in both countries for an initial period after abortion was legalized, as a result of an increase in the number of women who had access to a first, and consequently to repeat, legal induced abortion. 1,6,8,9 At present, rates of initial and repeat abortion in Canada and the United States appear to be stabilizing.…”

More than one abortion

“…3 A study from Hawaii confirms this finding. 4 This is in contrast to former Eastern bloc countries where contraception was not freely available and women had large numbers of abortions: around six in a reproductive career in the former Soviet Union. 24 …”