Objective

To determine the prevalence of second trimester safe abortion and to examine it’s association with emotional and interpersonal factors.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study on second-trimester pregnant women who requested for safe abortion care from June 2020 to December 2020 at St.Pauls Hospital Millennium Medical College. Data was collected using the interviewer-administered questionnaire on Open Data Kit (ODK) and analyzed using STATA release 15 (College Station, TX: StataCorp LLC). Variables with P value < 0.2 on bivariate analysis were entered for multivariable regression analysis.

Results

The prevalence of induced second-trimester abortion in our study is found to be 64%. Women who had no emotional factors, who had no inter-personal problems, who were married , and who had middle and high income were less likely to present in second trimester for safe abortion care [( AOR=0.31, 95thCI 0.15-0.67), (AOR=0.55, 95thCI 0.32-0.92), (AOR=0.37, 95thCI 0.17-0.77) and (AOR=0.51, CI0.27-0.96) respectively].

Conclusion

Sixty-four percent of safe abortion care clients in our study presented in second trimester . Emotional factors, interpersonal factors, being married and middle/high income were significantly associated with reduced risk of late request (presentation in second trimester) for safe abortion care.