[Views on sterilization of the Stage I Commission on Abortion in Ljubljana]

During the period from July 1, 1977 to May 31, 1980 the First Stage Commission for Permission of Abortion in Ljubljana accepted 100 requests for female sterilization, 34.9% of them being accepted for medical and 65.0% for non-medical reasons. The average age of women was 41 years which shows that the majority of women decided about sterilization late. A total of 51 women came to be sterilized. Nearly all of them are satisfied with the operation, they only regret that they had not done it earlier. At the end of the waiting period 35 women did not come for sterilization and nearly half of them changed their mind definitely. Generally speaking, the women are satisfied with sterilization. They think the age limit should be reduced from 35 to 30 years and that the waiting period should last 1 month only.