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  • Title: Components of delay amongst women obtaining termination of pregnancy.
    Author: Ashton JR.
    Journal: J Biosoc Sci; 1980 Jul; 12(3):261-73. PubMed ID: 7410449.
    Abstract:
    A study of factors involved in delay among a group of 308 Wessex women obtaining induced abortions in one of 2 abortion centers, both outside the Wessex Health District. The most striking finding was that only 47% of women aged 17-18 years obtained their abortion before 12 weeks of gestation, compared with more than 70% of women in other age groups. Women aged 17-19 accounted for 19% of legal abortions in England and Wales during 1977. If the Eessex data are applicable nationally, 53% of these patients were having 2nd trimester abortions, with the increased risk that this implies for their health and future childbearing. In addition, the fact that 75% of women suspect that they are pregnant and 41% decide to have an abortion by 6 weeks from their last menstrual period suggests that access to outpatient menstrual regulation services would cause a revolution in abortion practices. The case is stated for the development of adequate sex education, birth control and early abortion services oriented toward late teenagers.
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