Methods of Self – Induced Abortion. A Community Based Study in the Ga- East District of Greater Accra Region

Abstract

In Ghana the available statistics on unsafe abortions could only be gathered from the hospitals and the clinics especially in the major cities, leaving out the numerous cases of self –induced abortions in the rural communities where the women privately indulged in induced abortion without it being recorded in any hospital records. The purpose of this study was to investigate methods of self –induced abortion, one of the causes of maternal mortality in Ghana. This study seeks to provide information on sources of substances used, mode of application of these substances as well as the reasons why some women resort to self- induced abortion.