Causes and Effects of Repetitive Induced Abortion on women: the case of Yeka sub city, Addis Ababa
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2023-01
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Addis Ababa University,
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Background: Despite the stated reasons for abortion on the Ethiopian abortion health policy women have different reasons for their repeated induced abortion. The reasercher believes that women use different reasons to get the service of abortion. Hence this reaserche aims to provide sufficient information on the real reason of the women to get the repeated abortion service from the health center.
Objective: The main objective of this study is to investigate the causes of repeated abortions practiced in health centers, as well as the consequences of these repeated abortions and the factors that lead to repeated abortions, and to address the gap in the law regarding repeated abortions.
Methods:The method that the researcher selects for this study paper is qualitative approach in depth interview method it attempted on the causes of repeated induced abortion and its effects on women’s health. This research aimed to deal with the women who are from the age of 17 - 40 that the factors of repeated induced abortion and its effect on women’s health. The focus area of this research is in the city of Addis Ababa, which is mainly Marie Stopes international Ethiopia and other two clinics which give the service of abortion for women and girls.
Result:The study surveyed 23 women participants, 30% of whom are students, and found that abortions were primarily related to their dependency on parents and age. 8% of the participants faced economic problems, while 13% were affected by health issues for mothers and unborn babies. The remaining 43% were caused by other factors, such as lack of readiness, work situations, multi-sexual partners, and marital status. Unworked contraceptives were also a contributing factor. The study highlights the importance of understanding the factors influencing abortion rates among women and men.
Conclusion and recommendation: the findinds of this research showed that women use the gap of the abortion health policy to abort repeatedly which caused its own consequnce on their health. The law should aim to protect women from messy lives, including health and economy. The lawt needs revision and restrictions on the procedures of abortion like Evidence-based methods on age and rape kind of reasons.