Scenario of Attempted/Criminal Abortion in Panoptic Spectrum at Tertiary care Hospital

Abortion attempted/criminal is silent scourge which is penetrating the society domain. This paper synthesizes recent evidence on the attempted/criminal abortion scenario reported to tertiary care hospital, and explored some of the factors responsible. A total of 257 women admitted for termination of pregnancy were being studied. Findings revealed highest rate of abortion 42% in the age group of 26–30 years age groups and were mostly married (84%) followed by unmarried (13%). Abortion seeking women were mostly from Hindu religion and rural background although catchments’ area was predominately Muslim populated. 60.7% of the patients presented between 8–12 weeks of gestation for termination followed by 31.5% between 13 to 16 weeks of gestation. Majority (52%) were multipara having 2–4 offspring with mean (2.8 ± 0.1) followed by primipara 34%. Patients having previous abortion history peaked in grand multipara group with mean (3.6 ± 0.2) followed by multipara (2.2 ± 0.3). Unplanned pregnancy was the main reason for termination, followed by contraceptive failure, social and financial constraints. The introduction of new technologies and legislation is expected to make safe abortion services more accessible.