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  • Title: [Abortion in Paraguay: some disconcerting data].
    Journal: Temas Poblac; 1981 May; 7(12):14-5. PubMed ID: 12311399.
    Abstract:
    A study conducted in 1979 on 3800 Paraguayan women in fertile age revealed that 30.7% had abortions, that the frequency of abortion was 14.5/100 pregnancies, and that the highest incidence was to be found among unmarried women or among those living in consensual unions. 35% of women seeking abortion had more than elementary school education, as compared to 26% of illiterate women, 36.4% lived in urban areas, 45% lived in consensual union, as opposed to 27% who were married, 40% had parity between 4 and 7, and about 40% were aged between 30-44. Another study conducted in 1971 in 5 Paraguayan cities showed that among women aged 15-49 only 26.7% used an effective method of contraception, 22.1% used an ineffective one, and 51.2% used no contraception. In the 1st group of women the number of live births and of induced abortions was smaller than in the other groups, with about 2356 births averted and 2834 fetal deaths averted. It appears that effective contraception prevents induced abortion rather than decreasing natality; the same study shows that with an observed fertility rate of 114.5/1000 without contraception, and a fertility rate of 113.8/1000 with contraception the difference is only -0.6%, while with an observed rate of induced abortion of 18.5/1000 without contraception, and a rate of 16.7/1000 with contraception, the variation is -9.7%.
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