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Table 3 OB-GYN knowledge and opinion of Brazilian abortion law by circumstance (n = 572)

From: Brazilian obstetrician-gynecologists and abortion: a survey of knowledge, opinions and practices

Circumstance

Believe abortion is currently legal

Believe abortion should be legal

 

n

%

n

%

Pregnancy as a result of rape*

529

92.5

488

85.3

Risk to the woman's life*

453

79.2

493

86.2

Severe fetal malformation

205

35.8

506

88.5

Risk to the woman's health

38

6.6

180

31.5

Socioeconomic reasons

3

< 1.0

74

12.9

When the woman chooses

1

< 1.0

76

13.3

Never

12

2.1

23

4.0

  1. * At the time of data collection, abortion was legal under this circumstance