Likely abortion seeker | Frequency | Percentage |
Unmarried girls because of their promiscuity | 167 | 83.5 |
Couples who refuse to use family planning | 4 | 2 |
Unfaithful wives to conceal pregnancies | 20 | 10 |
Couples who have completed their families | 8 | 4 |
Couples with poor socioeconomic status. | 1 | 0.5 |
Total | 200 | 100 |
Justifications | Frequency | Percentage |
Rape/ incest | 13 | 6.5 |
Mother is ill/danger to mother’s life | 161 | 80.5 |
Fetal abnormality | 13 | 6.5 |
Mentally deranged mother | 7 | 3.5 |
Doubtful paternity | 6 | 3 |
Total | 200 | 100 |
Recommendations on prevention of abortion | ||
1) Government should provide abortion centers and train doctors on the procedures | 20 | 10 |
2) Patients, teenagers educated on ways to prevent pregnancy in the first place & avoid abortion | 75 | 37.5 |
3) Family planning, counseling and promotion of contraceptive to avoid pregnancy | 45 | 22.5 |
4) Abstinence for single men & woman | 60 | 30 |
Total | 200 | 100 |