Self-reported abortion experiences in Ethiopia and Uganda, new evidence from cross-sectional community-based surveys.

ABSTRACT: Unsafe abortion is a major contributor to maternal morbidity and mortality. To gain insight into the ways in which abortion restrictions and stigma may shape reproductive health outcomes, we present self-reported data on abortions in Ethiopia and Uganda and compare these findings across the two varying legal contexts. W investigate differences in sociodemographic characteristics by whether or not a woman self-reported an abortion, and we describe the characteristics of women's most recent self-reported abortion. In Ethiopia only, we classified abortions as being either safe, less safe, or least safe. Finally, we estimate minimum one-year induced abortion incidence rates using the Network Scale-Up Method (NSUM). We find that women who self-reported abortions were more commonly older, former

SUBMITTER: Giorgio M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10490852 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature