The need for integrating family planning and postabortion care in China

Cheng, Y.; Xu, X.; Xu, J.; Wuillaume, F.ço.; Zhu, J.; Gibson, D.; Temmerman, M.

International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics the Official Organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics 103(2): 140-143

2008


ISSN/ISBN: 0020-7292
PMID: 18760783
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2008.06.013
Document Number: 203212
To assess the need for integrating postabortion care with family planning services in China. We collected data from a clinic-based study of 24 abortion clinics in 3 large cities in China. There was a total of 287 (10.3%) high-risk abortions among the 2780 respondents, 974 (35%) of whom had had repeated abortions and 48.4% had had 2 abortions within 1 year; 63.7% of the current pregnancies resulted from not using contraceptives; 28.8% and 19.8% of these new pregnancies, respectively, were due to the failure of the rhythm or the withdrawal method; only 9.7% of the respondents consistently used condoms; and only 9.1% could identify the correct time of their first ovulation following an abortion. Contraceptive neglect and the high rates of repeated and high-risk abortions call for the integration of postabortion care with family planning services in China.

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The need for integrating family planning and postabortion care in China