title: Legal termination of pregnancy as an opportunity for expanding postabortion contraception: Experience at the Pereira Rossell Hospital, Montevideo, Uruguay.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine to what extent women adopted highly effective contraceptive methods after a legal abortion.
  
  
  METHODS
  The data available during a period before and another period after liberalization of the abortion law were reviewed. The data gathering was incomplete and reliable only during certain periods, which were used in the study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was an increase in the proportion of women who returned for contraception and in the proportion who used any method and long-acting methods; however, no contraception was administered immediately after abortion and only 16% of all women treated started to use a long-acting method during the period after the law was liberalized.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The proposed objective was not being achieved, the recommended guidelines were not being followed, and data gathering was incomplete. Good intentions are not enough and it is always necessary to evaluate the performance of a program. The results indicate that immediate reforms are necessary in postabortion contraception services.
authors: Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic A, Pereira Rossell Hospital, School of Medicine, University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay. Electronic address: Fernandanozar@gmail.com.
authors: Fernanda
authors: F
authors: Nozar
authors: Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic A, Pereira Rossell Hospital, School of Medicine, University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay.
authors: Diego
authors: D
authors: Greif
authors: Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic A, Pereira Rossell Hospital, School of Medicine, University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay.
authors: Francisco
authors: F
authors: Coppola
authors: Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic A, Pereira Rossell Hospital, School of Medicine, University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay.
authors: Verónica
authors: V
authors: Fiol
authors: Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic A, Pereira Rossell Hospital, School of Medicine, University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay.
authors: Leonel
authors: L
authors: Briozzo
mesh_terms: D000029:Abortion, Legal; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000359:Aftercare; D002648:Child; D003267:Contraception / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003268:Contraception Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005193:Family Planning Services / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014583:Uruguay; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Data quality; Legal abortion; Long-acting reversible contraceptives; Postabortion contraception; Uruguay