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Table 4 Knowledge about Abortion among University of the West Indies Medical Students

From: Abortion attitudes, training, and experience among medical students in Jamaica, West Indies

 

N(%)

Preclinical years

Clinical years

P

In Jamaica abortion in is?

   

< 0.001

 Always penalized

457 (32.57)

351 (39.39)

106 (20.70)

 

 Legal for the mental or physical health of the womana

381 (27.16)

168 (18.86)

213 (41.60)

 

 Legal if the pregnancy is the result of a rape

92 (6.56)

54 (6.06)

38 (7.422

 

 Legal for fetal anomalies

112 (7.98)

60 (6.73)

52 (10.16)

 

 Legal when the mother has a disease that can worsen with pregnancy a

180 (12.83)

93 (10.44)

87 (16.99)

 

 Legal under certain circumstances a

406 (28.94)

232 (26.04)

174 (33.98)

 

 Legal in all cases

3 (0.21)

2 (0.22)

1 (0.20)

 

 I do not know

248 (17.68)

175 (19.64)

73 (14.26)

 
  1. a Indicates the reasons for which a woman can obtain a legal abortion in Jamaica