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Maternal and child health / family planning and abortion in Madagascar.


 In Madagascar, the practice of abortion is illegal and a stiff penalty awaits offenders as, provided in the abortion laws. Studies revealed that despite the legal restrictions of abortion, a huge number of Malagasy women resort to abortion to get rid of an unwanted pregnancy. Most of these abortions are done in secret, with the help of traditional doctors or medical practitioners or paramedics, and still others try to manage abortion all by themselves. In 1998, there were 8934 recorded cases of induced abortion treated in public hospitals, with an abortion ratio of 58.3/1000 live births. Some women used abortion as a substitute for birth control methods. Factors like inaccessibility of family planning services and low level of knowledge about modern contraceptive methods contributed to the prevalence of abortion in Madagascar.
