Table 3.

Descriptive Analysis of responses to 5 questions discussing the management of cases with medicolegal significance by participating OB/GYN practitioners (n = 150)

Q	Questions discussing management of cases of significant medicolegal importance by OB/GYN practitioners	No.	%
14	Do you manage the cases with suspected sexual assault or premarital relations? a
	Yes	28	18.7%
	No	122	81.3%
15	Following sexual assault or premarital relations, cases attend to… b
	Assess the integrity of the hymen	115	76.7%
	Terminate illegal pregnancy	91	60.7%
	Ask for hymen repair	47	31.3%
	Need medicolegal reporting to denote that the hymen is intact	35	23.3%
16	In your opinion, hymen restoration surger y might be justified in… b
	Non-justification of hymen repair under any circumstances	80	53.3%
	Following sexual assault (rape)	54	36.0%
	Accidental hymen injury	48	32.0%
	In girl <18 years with wellful sexual intercourse	3	2.0%
	In lady (> 18 years) has premarital sexual relations and want to marry	1	0.7%
17	In your opinion, is it justifiable to induce an abortion before 16 weeks of pregnancy upon patient request without medical indication? a
	Yes	5	3.3%
	No	145	96.7%
18	The appropriate medicolegal precautions taken by the doctor performing therapeutic (legal) abortion include the following b
	Written reports from two specialists (of the mother's illness) stating that the continuation of  pregnancy endangers her life	109	72.7%
	The operation is performed only in a hospital	107	71.3%
	Written consent of the woman and her husband	101	67.3%
	Reports and details of all that was done are kept in the official files	98	65.3%
	The operation is performed only by OB/GYN practitioners	86	57.3%

^a Single correct answer per question

^b Multiple correct answers per question