Termination of Pregnancy in Adolescents

U B Roychowdhury; D GuhaRoy; A Roy; S Basak

Termination of Pregnancy in Adolescents

U B Roychowdhury ¹, D GuhaRoy ², A Roy ¹, S Basak ³

Affiliations
1 Upgraded Dept, of Forensic and State Medicine, Medical College, Kolkata, India
2 2nd Professor MBBS, Upgraded Dept, of Forensic and State Medicine, Medical College, Kolkata, India
3 Dept, of Forensic and State Medicine, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education And Research, Kolkata, India

A study was conducted at the Dept, of G&O, Medical College, Kolkata in collaboration with the Dept, of FSM on adolescent girls who have undergone Medical Termination of Pregnancy(MTP) for the period Sept.06 to May 07. Highest incidence(48.89%) was found in low-income group. 80% of the girls were married and a large number of them(60%) did not use any contraceptive. Social cause was the commonest indication(75.57%) for MTP.