Open AccessClandestine Abortion in Port Harcourt: Providers\' Motivations and Experiences:
Author(s) -
Best Ordinioha,
Seiyefa Brisibe
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v17i3.37414
Subject(s) - abortion , family medicine , medicine , vacuum aspiration , port harcourt , medical abortion , family planning , competence (human resources) , service provider , cross sectional study , nursing , service (business) , psychology , pregnancy , population , misoprostol , business , social psychology , research methodology , environmental health , socioeconomics , sociology , genetics , pathology , marketing , biology
Abortion is illegal in Nigeria. It is a crime to perform or obtain an abortion except to save a woman's life. In spite of this, several medical practitioners working in profit-oriented private clinics still provide abortion services on demand and on a fee for service basis. This study is to find out the motivations and experiences of these practitioners.