Medicina Clinica
Volume 133, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 213-216

Contribution of immigration to increase of legal induced abortion [Contribución de la inmigración al incremento de las interrupciones voluntarias del embarazo] (Article)

Orjuela M. , Ronda E.* , Regidor E.
  • a Área de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain, Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
  • b Área de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
  • c Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Abstract

Background and objective: We aimed to estimate what proportion of the increase in the frequency of legally induced abortions in Spain can beat tributed to abortions performed in immigrant women. Population and method: All women of reproductive age residing in Asturias, Catalonia, Valencia and Madrid were included. The rates of legally induced abortion in Spanish and immigrant women were calculated in 2005.It was estimated the rate in all women in 1991 assuming that that rate refers to Spanish women only. Results: The rate of legal abortions in immigrant woment ripled those of Spanish women. A 76% increase in the rate was due to abortions carried out in immigrant women. Moreover, in women older than 30 years, the immigrant group represented 100% of the increment. Women aged 15 to 19 represented the exception, since the increase in these rates were primarily due to abortions performed in Spanish women. Conclusions: The increase in the number of immigrants in Spain since the second half of the 90s explains the increase in the rate of abortions between 1991 and 2005 in women aged 30 years and older. © 2008 Elsevier España, S.L.

Author Keywords

Immigration Inmigrant Induced abortion

Index Keywords

controlled study Spain female human Emigration and Immigration Humans pregnancy Article legal abortion Abortion, Legal Young Adult immigration adult middle aged Adolescent

Link
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DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2008.10.064
ISSN: 00257753
Cited by: 7
Original Language: Spanish