• Sushama Hira
• Liuni Lipika Rozario
• Fatema Akter

This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted among 93 women seeking termination of pregnancy at a government facility with the objective of determining their contraceptive practices. The study found that 35.4% respondents were in the age group of 21-25 years with mean age of 25.9 years. 91.4% respondent was Muslim and 69.9% was housewives. 94.6% was married and mean age of marriage was 15.65 years. 93.5% respondents had amenorrhoea between 6-10 weeks and mean duration of amenorrhoea was 7.7 weeks. 84.9% of them were using contraceptive methods at the time of conception and most commonly used methods were oral pills (38.0%) followed by injections by 28.0% respondents. 87.0% respondent's use of contraceptive was jointly decided with their husbands. Among the 15.1% women who did not use any contraceptive method half of them mentioned that their husband did not want any contraceptive method. Most common cause of termination of pregnancy was that they did not want any more children (36.6%) followed by did not have money to raise children (23.7%). 92.0% married women jointly decided with their husband to terminate the pregnancy. Almost forty percent women had previous history of termination of pregnancy and 13.5% among them had terminated twice before. Most common method of termination was menstrual regulation (75.1%) followed by ayurvedya (8.1%). 97.8% respondent did not know about emergency contraceptive pill or post-coital pill. The reasons for contraceptive failure need to be investigated and the women should be informed of emergency contraceptive pills.

contraception; abortion; emergency contraception; contraceptive practices; pregnancy

"Study on Contraceptive Practices among Women Seeking Termination of Pregnancy in a Government Facility", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 2, page no.b497-b506, February-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2302164.pdf

"Study on Contraceptive Practices among Women Seeking Termination of Pregnancy in a Government Facility", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 2, page no. ppb497-b506, February-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2302164.pdf