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Table 6 Students’ willingness to engage in different levels of abortion care at different gestations

From: What should medical students be taught about abortion? An evaluation of student attitudes towards their abortion teaching and their future involvement in abortion care

 

Total number of students (N = 102) who said “yes, in any legally justifiable circumstances” or “yes, but in specific circumstances only”

Gestation

< 12 weeks,

12–24 weeks

> 24 weeks

n(%)

95% Confidence Interval

n(%)

95% Confidence Interval

n(%)

95% Confidence Interval

Level of involvement

 Pregnancy options discussion

99(97%)

92–99%

99(97%)

92–99%

92(90%)

83–95%

 Refer for an abortion

96(94%)

88–98%

95(93%)

86–97%

89(87%)

79–93%

 Complete HSA1 (abortion) form

91(89%)

82–94%

90(88%)

80–94%

85(83%)

75–90%

 Provide medical abortion

74(73%)

63–81%

70(69%)

59–77%

58(57%)

47–67%

 Provide surgical abortion

65(64%)

54–73%

62(61%)

51–70%

52(51%)

41–61%