Knowledge and attitude of reproductive age group (15–49) women towards Ethiopian current abortion law and associated factors in Bahir Dar city, Ethiopia

Table 3 Knowledge related characteristics of reproductive age women towards Ethiopian current abortion law in Bahir Dar city, northwest Ethiopia, 2017

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percent
Have you ever heard about the current Ethiopian abortion law?	Yes	262	67.87
	No	124	32.12
The Ethiopian current abortion law permits for raping pregnant woman to terminate her pregnancy	Yes	220	56.99
	No	113	29.27
	Don’t know	53	13.73
The Ethiopian current abortion law permits to terminate pregnancy when a woman is endangered	Yes	199	51.55
	No	107	27.72
	Don’t know	80	20.72
The Ethiopian current abortion law permits to terminate pregnancy when her fetus is endangered	Yes	133	34.46
	No	146	37.82
	Don’t know	107	27.72
The Ethiopian current abortion law permits to terminate pregnancy when the woman is physically and psychologically unprepared	Yes	140	36.27
	No	175	45.34
	Don’t know	71	18.39
The Ethiopian current abortion law permits to terminate pregnancy when the woman’s age is < 18 years	Yes	229	59.33
	No	104	26.94
	Don’t know	53	13.73
The Ethiopian current abortion law permits to terminate pregnancy when the woman gets pregnant from her relatives	Yes	242	62.69
	No	96	24.87
	Don’t know	48	12.43
The composite score of knowledge on Ethiopian current abortion law	Good knowledge	167	43.3
	Poor knowledge	219	56.7

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