[Male perspective on induced abortion].
OBJECTIVE
To analyze the perspective on induced abortion of men of a university community living in legal or consensual wedlock.


METHODS
A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out and 361 members of different categories of an university were interviewed. Chi-square test was used to assess the association between dependent and independent variables.


RESULTS
Fifth-three percent of the participants acknowledged that women have the right to end pregnancy. Men were more favorable to abortion when there is a risk to woman's life (85%); rape-related pregnancy (80%); and fetal anomalies (75%). Higher schooling of both men and their partners and the interviewees' position (teacher/student) were associated to a positive attitude towards abortion.


CONCLUSIONS
Men tended to be more prone to abortion in legally and/or socially accepted instances. Better education of both men and their partners was relevant to determine their attitude towards abortion.
Centro de Pesquisas das Doenças Materno-Infantis de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brasil.
Graciana Alves
GA
Duarte
Augusta Thereza de
AT
Alvarenga
Maria José M Duarte
MJ
Osis
Aníbal
A
Faundes
Ellen
E
Hardy
D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000002:abnormalities; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008571:Men; D011247:Pregnancy; D011639:Public Opinion; D011902:Rape; D012306:Risk; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014933:Women's Rights