Skjeldestad F E
Scand J Soc Med. 1986;14(2):61-6. doi: 10.1177/140349488601400204.
This paper discusses the changes in the frequencies of induced abortions and births according to changes in the abortion legislation in Norway during the 1970s. The study material consists of women aged 15-44 years having undergone induced abortion or giving birth in seven Norwegian counties during the period 1972-83. Since the liberalization of the abortion legislation in 1976 and later when the law on abortion on women's request came into force in January 1979, the number of induced abortions per 1000 women 15-44 years of age has decreased by 20%, until December 31, 1983. For no age group has the number of induced abortions per 1000 women increased since the liberalization of the abortion legislation. While the number of terminations of pregnancy per 1000 women below the age of 25 has remained unchanged since 1975, the number of abortions per 1000 women aged 25-29 has decreased by nearly 18% and for women aged 30-44, by 34%. The number of terminated pregnancies per 1000 women of fertile age has shown a decrease corresponding to the reduction in births per 1000 women. Thus the liberalization of the abortion law cannot account for the decreased number of births after 1975.
本文讨论了20世纪70年代挪威堕胎立法变化导致的人工流产和分娩频率的变化。研究材料包括1972年至1983年期间在挪威七个县接受人工流产或分娩的15至44岁女性。自1976年堕胎立法自由化以及后来1979年1月关于应女性要求堕胎的法律生效以来，截至1983年12月31日，每1000名15至44岁女性的人工流产数量减少了20%。自堕胎立法自由化以来，没有任何年龄组的每1000名女性的人工流产数量增加。自1975年以来，每1000名25岁以下女性的终止妊娠数量保持不变，而每1000名25至29岁女性的堕胎数量减少了近18%，30至44岁女性的堕胎数量减少了34%。每1000名育龄女性的终止妊娠数量的减少与每1000名女性出生数量的减少相对应。因此，堕胎法的自由化不能解释1975年后出生数量的减少。
