[Abortion: interviews and discussions].

Abstract

The paper focuses on the high number of annual induced abortions and is discussing alternative ways to cope with this problem. 151 women were interviewed on the day of abortion. 39 women were interviewed with more detail on the psychological consequences of their abortion carried out 7 to 8 years ago. Main topics of the questionnaire in the first group concerned on the background of conflicts arising from pregnancy, on the information provided by physicians and social advisory boards, and on the question under what circumstances abortion could have been avoided. In the second group 50% of the individuals carried out multiple abortions (up to 5 times). In the conversations it was tried to get more detailed informations on the present well-being, on severe life-events which had taken place in the past years history and on the present point of view to the abortion in 1981.