Social factors influencing abortion pdf

therefore important to understand what those circumstances are and how they influence women's decision to terminate their pregnancies. First of all, it is necessary to draw up a typology of economic and social "risk factors" of abortion based on official statistics and on various sociological researches (I), and secondly, to consider the as the factors influencing abortion attitudes. The results of this study may be used by the stakeholders to design more focus interventions to address the social perceptions, attitudes, and values of the people. Sri Lanka Journal of Advanced Social Studies Vol.5 & 6 No 1 & 2 2015 / 2016 Sri Lanka Journal of Abortion has long been a divisive and polarizing issue between pro-choice and pro-life advocates. But among the American public, most people hold moderate positions and are not at the ideological extremes. Approval of abortion is highest when the woman's health is serious ly endangered (87.0% across all years, There were also associations (regardless of deprivation levels) between high proportions of abortions and more extensive local family planning provision, higher proportions of female GPs and greater independent sector abortion provision. Background Abortion in Britain is legal under the terms of the 1967 Abortion Act. Rising educational attainment among women may lead to an increase in the demand for abortion. Publication types Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH terms Abortion, Induced / statistics & numerical data* Adolescent Adult Birth Intervals Choice Behavior Family Planning Services Female Gender Identity* Humans Logistic Models Maternal Age Middle Aged Norms that can affect women's abortion-related decisions and experiences include the primacy of procreation and motherhood for women, 3 cultural expectations around pregnancy and parenting, 5 the unacceptability of adolescent sexuality and premarital sex 12 , 13 and women's responsibility for contraception. 14 2.1 Environmental factors which have a toxic effect on the evolution of pregnancy As we try to identify environmental factors which influence the evolution of pregnancy, we realise that these factors are mainly created because of the people's influence over environment, and are not effects created solely by natural environment. Of Comprehensive Abortion Care (CAC): Is a package of high quality safe abortion services that is delivered to women, taking into consideration their physiological, social and physical environmental factors that influence their ability to access the services (4). Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR): The CPR refers to the ALIGN's annotated bibliography on social and gender norms and safe abortion, developed by Claudia Lo Forte, presents recent open access studies that explores the impact of gendered social norms on access to safe abortion. This ALIGN diagram shows some of the norms and other factors that affect access to safe abortion in different contexts. Tags: [17] Gerdts C, Prata N, Gessessew A. An unequal burden: Risk factors for severe complications following unsafe abortion in Tigray, Ethiopia. Int J Gynecol Obstet2012;118(Suppl2):S107-12. [18] Banerjee SK, Andersen KL, Warvadekar J. Pathways and consequences of unsafe abortion: A comparison among women with complications after However, factors such as legislation concerning abortion, moral convictions, poverty, and access to abortion services contribute to make some abort