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Table 4 OB-GYN opinion about abortion (n = 572)

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

Opinion

OB-GYNs n = 572a

 

n

%

Believe abortion should only be legal in cases that are currently allowed by law*

  

   Yes

16

2.8

   No

556

97.2

Believe abortion law should be more restrictive than the current law*

  

   Yes

99

17.3

   No

473

82.7

Believe abortion law should be more liberal than the current law*

  

   Yes

443

77.4

   No

126

22.0

Support public funding for abortion services

  

   Yes

545

95.3

   No

24

4.2

  1. aMissing data: Believe abortion law should be more liberal than the current law (3), support public funding for abortion services (3)
  2. * At the time of data collection, abortion was legal in cases of rape or to save the life of the mother