Attitudes towards contraception and abortion

In general, men and women appear to hold largely favorable attitudes towards contraceptive methods. Two thirds of respondents disagreed that the use of contraceptive methods makes people more promiscuous. Most respondents did not see any particular obstacles from religious norms and authorities to using contraceptives (only one third of respondents think that religion was against women using family planning methods). Only a small proportion of respondents believe that it is shameful and embarrassing to go to a health facility for contraceptive methods.
At the same time, the use of contraceptives appears to raise doubts and concerns. Only 40 percent of men and 43 percent of women strongly agreed that there was a contraceptive method that perfectly fits their needs. Only 25 percent of males and 23 percent of females strongly believed that contraceptives do no have dangerous side effects. Despite these concerns, most respondents prefer the risk of side effects associated with contraceptive methods to more serious problems: only 17 percent of males and 18 percent of females prefer the risk of pregnancy to the risk of using a contraceptive method. The Importance of Conducting a Prostate Self Exam. Although the level of abortions in the survey sample was high, the attitudes of respondents towards abortion were very negative: 77 percent of males and 86 percent of females agreed that abortions were much more harmful than any contraceptive method. One quarter of respondents agreed that an abortion is the best solution to an unplanned pregnancy. Women who have ever had an abortion were somewhat more tolerant to this solution for unplanned pregnancies – 35 percent of them agreed that abortions were the best solution for an unplanned pregnancy.
The attitudes of teenagers towards abortions was similar to the attitudes of adults. Teenagers did differ from adults in their perceptions of the availability of a suitable contraceptive method: only 22 percent of male teenagers and 19 percent of female teenagers agreed that there was a contraceptive method that perfectly fits their needs.
Both men and women agreed that a husband and a wife should discuss family planning together; men were more likely to agree with this statement than women. However, 60 percent of men and 40 percent of women agreed that wives should get their husbands’ permission before taking any contraceptives. Few men and women thought contraceptives were solely a woman’s responsibility.