News.com.au: Faulty contraception main reason for abortions:
TWO-THIRDS of all pregnant women seeking abortions in one Australianstate are doing so because their contraception methods failed.
The study, to be published today, looked at the experiences of 3400women who presented at a southern Adelaide clinic for abortions in thepast decade.
Between July 1996, and June 2006, nearly 70 per cent of the 3434 women who presented for an abortion were using contraception.
About36 per cent were using barrier methods such as condoms, a further 28per cent were using hormone methods such as the pill, while 3 per centwere using natural family planning methods.
The study authorsfrom Flinders University, Wendy Abigail, Charmaine Power and IngridBelan, said the findings “dispel the myth” that women use abortion asa method of contraception.
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