Title: [The application of the law on the voluntary interruption of pregnancy in Bologna: first results of an inquiry using clinic data]

POPLINE Document Number: 244664

Author(s):

Pasquini L

Source citation:

Statistica, 1982 Apr-Jun;42(2):259-73.

Abstract:

This is a report on changes in the reproductive behavior of women after the passage of the 1978 act that legalized abortion in Italy. Data are taken from the clinic records of 2,096 patients hospitalized in the Obstetrical and Gynecological Division of the University of Bologna in 1979. Comparisons are also made with data on 5,499 women hospitalized in the same unit in 1976-1977. Variations by residence, age, marital status, and number of children are analyzed. The extent of induced abortion before 1978 and the degree to which it was recorded as spontaneous abortion are considered. (summary in ENG, FRE)

Keywords:

Italy
Abortion
Abortion Law
Abortion, Spontaneous
Comparative Studies
Residence Characteristics
Age Factors
Marital Status
Parity
Europe, Southern
Europe
Developed Countries
Fertility Control, Postconception
Family Planning
Pregnancy Complications
Diseases
Studies
Research Methodology
Population Distribution
Geographic Factors
Population
Population Characteristics
Demographic Factors
Nuptiality
Fertility Measurements
Fertility
Population Dynamics