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YEAR: 1991

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Abortion and contraception. [Aborto y anticoncepcion.]

AUTHORS

Pommier M

SOURCE

In: Jornadas multidisciplinarias sobre el aborto, 25 de febrero al lo de marzo,

1991. Salon de Honor del Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de La Paz. La Paz,

Bolivia, Sociedad Boliviana de Ciencias Penales, 1991. :99-106.

ABSTRACT

Induced abortion is viewed in different ways: as a crime, as a free choice, as a desperate response to a difficult

situation, or as a routine means of family planning. Abortion is the oldest method of fertility control. It is practiced

everywhere, in all social and economic groups, and an abortionist can always be found. An estimated 20-30% of

pregnancies worldwide end in abortions, at least half of which are illegal. Bolivia has the highest maternal mortality

rate in South America, and at least 30% of maternal deaths result from abortion. Abortion legislation throughout the

world has been substantially modified over the past four decades. Abortion in the first trimester is quite freely

available in 20 countries containing 2/3 of the world's population. At the other extreme, abortion is not permissible

under any circumstances in 25 countries. Statistics on frequency of abortion in Bolivia are unreliable because most

abortions are illegal. An estimated 60 women die per 10,000 abortions in Bolivia, and the situation is similar

elsewhere in Latin America. Providing free access to family planning information and services constitutes an

essential step in combating abortion. Bolivia's total fertility rate in the 1982 fertility survey was 5.2, the highest in

Latin America, but the average number of children desired was only 3.2. 30.3% of women in union use a

contraceptive method. 12.2% use a modern method. In urban areas, 39.1% use any method and 17.9% use a

modern method. Among women in union currently using a modern method, 39.3% use IUDs, 36.1% female

sterilization, 15.5% pills, 5.7% injectables, 2.5% condoms, and 0.8% diaphragms. 89.4% of those using traditional

methods use periodic abstinence. 67.5% of women in Bolivia know about some modern method of contraception.

48% of Bolivian women do not want more children, and another 10% do not want another child in the near future.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T 2077-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Abortion and contraception. [Aborto y anticoncepcion.]",

is(are) Pommier M. The source of this article is "In: Jornadas multidisciplinarias sobre el aborto, 25 de febrero al lo

de marzo, 1991. Salon de Honor del Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de La Paz. La Paz, Bolivia, Sociedad Boliviana de

Ciencias Penales, 1991. :99-106.". This article was published in 1991 in Spanish language(s). (PubHealth.info®

Document ID: CONT3T 2077-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 12077

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