Table 4.
Under what conditions should abortion be allowed according to health care providers and experts, Zimbabwe 2016
| Health care providers | Experts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | N | % | N | |
| If the woman's physical health is at risk | 96.4 | 215 | 94.8 | 109 |
| If pregnancy is from rape | 94.7 | 212 | 94.0 | 110 |
| If pregnancy is from incest | 85.3 | 191 | 94.0 | 109 |
| If the fetus would be handicapped/fetal anomaly | 94.3 | 211 | 93.8 | 106 |
| If the woman's mental health is at risk | 78.5 | 175 | 65.2 | 75 |
| If the woman is mentally incapacitated | 65.8 | 147 | 66.4 | 73 |
| If a girl is under age 16 | 32.9 | 74 | 48.7 | 56 |
| If the girl or woman is still in primary or secondary school | 31.2 | 70 | 34.8 | 40 |
| If the woman is HIV positive | 23.8 | 53 | 35.0 | 41 |
| Economic reasons (e.g. cannot care for the child) | 7.1 | 16 | 23.9 | 27 |
| If the girl or woman is unmarried | 3.1 | 7 | 12.7 | 15 |
| If pregnancy is from contraceptive failure | 13.9 | 31 | 30.8 | 36 |
| If the woman doesn't want the pregnancy | 17.8 | 40 | 39.1 | 45 |
| N | 223 | 118 | ||
Note: Multiple responses were allowed