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  • Title: [Socio-sanitary analysis of the first 300 voluntary interruptions of pregnancy carried out in the obstetrical-gynecological division of the Bassini Hospital of Milan].
    Author: Marzi MM, Gottardi G, Spreafico A, Riva A, Bonazzi B.
    Journal: Minerva Ginecol; 1980 Oct; 32(10):939-44. PubMed ID: 7432706.
    Abstract:
    300 abortion seekers were interviewed to investigate the causes leading to interruption of pregnancy, and the characteristics of the women themselves. 19% were below 20, and 10% below 18 years of age; 26% were immigrants from the south of Italy, and most had a very low educational and socioeconomic status. About 30% were housewives, and 57% were married. 90% of partners were favorable to the intervention, while the great majority of parents did not know about it. Socioeconomic reasons were given more often for the request of abortion. 67.7% of interventions were performed after the 8th week of pregnancy; 93% of women declared they would have seeked abortion any way, even if it had not been legal. The most used contraceptive method at the time of conception was coitus interruptus; the pill or the IUD were used by only 1.5% of women, while 25% did not use any form of contraception.
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