Birth Regulation in Europe: Completing the Contraceptive Revolution

Introduction
Contraception and induced abortions -
regulating fertility in Europe in recent
decades
• Contraceptive method of the 19th and early
20th centuries was withdrawal

Abortions
1950s -1980s
Results:
1 or 2 abortions per woman in Europe
Soviet Union and Romania 5-8 per woman
• 1990s -early 2000s
Results:
rate of abortion decreased.…