Ixtab
01-12-2007, 07:13 PM
Young Women Opt for Abortion
Aftenposten (Norway) • 1/10/07
More than half of ethnic Norwegian women under age 25 choose abortion if they get pregnant, according to a new study. The professor behind the study calls the statistic “surprising” and “worrisome.”
A woman’s right to choose abortion is deeply engrained in Norwegian society, but it’s only most common among young women and women with little education, says Professor Anne Eskild of Akershus University Hospital.
Eskild’s study marked the first time that researchers tracked the incidence of abortions and births among ethnic Norwegian women. Results showed major differences between those who chose to abort and those who chose to give birth.
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“It’s very surprising that it’s more common for women under 25 to have an abortion than it is to carry out their pregnancy,” Eskild told newspaper Aftenposten. She was responsible for the study that been published in the medical journal Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica.
{snip}http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1594604.ece
Aftenposten (Norway) • 1/10/07
More than half of ethnic Norwegian women under age 25 choose abortion if they get pregnant, according to a new study. The professor behind the study calls the statistic “surprising” and “worrisome.”
A woman’s right to choose abortion is deeply engrained in Norwegian society, but it’s only most common among young women and women with little education, says Professor Anne Eskild of Akershus University Hospital.
Eskild’s study marked the first time that researchers tracked the incidence of abortions and births among ethnic Norwegian women. Results showed major differences between those who chose to abort and those who chose to give birth.
{snip}
“It’s very surprising that it’s more common for women under 25 to have an abortion than it is to carry out their pregnancy,” Eskild told newspaper Aftenposten. She was responsible for the study that been published in the medical journal Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica.
{snip}http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1594604.ece