[Applications for permission for induced abortion after the 12th week of pregnancy in the Municipality of Copenhagen 1986-1988].

In 1986-88, in the Municipality of Copenhagen, an average of 121 applications for termination of pregnancy in the second trimester of pregnancy were submitted annually, a 24% decrease since 1980-82. The applicants were more frequently below 20 years or above 34 years of age compared to women, who completed pregnancy or had an abortion in first trimester. They were more infrequently married, and their connections with the labour market were weaker than women who completed pregnancy. Compared to 1980-1982, an increasing number of women were permitted to abortion because of suspected disease of the foetus, usually after the 18th week of pregnancy. These women were generally older and socially more established than the other applicants. The indications for abortion were increasingly determined on social grounds. The percentage of refusals decreased from 14% in 1980-82 to 8% in 1986-88.