[Abortions on demand in adolescents].

The pregnancy is an integral part in the life of teenagers. When the conception was appeared the adolescents have to choose between interruption of delivery. Psychological status, contraceptive use and sexual behavior, motivation for abortion, operative methods and complications were observed in 463 teenagers, aged 13-17 years, who had an abortion voluntary in the last 6 years (1988-1993). We were found an abortion rate to 2.33% in our Dept. Obstet. Gynaecol. and a trend to increase the number of delivery in teenagers. The medical complications of abortions were: perforatio uteri complicata (0.65%) and endometritis acuta (9.29%), in cases with pregnancies over 16-20 g.a. This investigation was characterized from the teenagers as an stress and will be able to be complicate with a psychological disorders.