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Evolution of adolescent fertility after decriminalization of abortion in Montevideo, Uruguay
José-Ignacio Antón1, Zuleika Ferre2, Patricia Triunfo2
1Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria.
Objective:
To analyze the effect on adolescent fertility in Montevideo of the Uruguayan law on the voluntary termination of pregnancy that was passed in 2012.
Methods:
The change in the number of births to teenage mothers between 2010 and 2014 was analyzed, along with their characteristics before and after decriminalization of abortion.
Results:
Descriptive analysis of abortion before and after decriminalization showed that there was no reduction, during the period analyzed, in adolescent fertility, nor any changes in the distribution of births.
Conclusion:
The normative change brought about by the law on the voluntary termination of pregnancy was not associated with any substantial change in the reproductive behavior of adolescents in Montevideo. We recommend that this analysis is taken further with impact evaluation methodologies.
