Induced abortion potential among Indian women

Information on abortion is limited and inaccurate, especially in the develo ping world, which has led Co speculation on the prevalence of abortion in t hese regions. A rise in prevalence of abortion is mostly counted in terms o f increase in the prevalence of induced abortions which reflects on the rep roductive health of women. With the growing concern for the reproductive he alth of women, the study of abortion has drawn the attention of researchers world-wide. This paper is an attempt to assess the induced abortion potent ial among Indian women by utilizing information on proportion of unwanted a nd ill-timed pregnancies obtained through National Family Health Survey Ind ia. This exercise may facilitate a better understanding of the exact preval ence of induced abortion, which necessarily should be less than the estimat ed potential depending on the levels of unwanted and ill-timed fertility.