Career, the study which also looked at the other controversial subject of abortion showed, was the main reason given by those for pro-choice.
Which led Ireri to pose, “the question is, are we becoming so career focused that we can make decisions to promote our careers at the expense of a life?”
Even so those who were pro-choice were the minority with 87 percent of those interviewed – 51 percent female and 49 percent male – saying they do not think abortion on demand should be permitted.
The study also showed that the majority of abortions, 64 percent, are procured at private clinics while 42 percent are induced in homes.
“The myth has been that abortions are procured by quacks in the back street but this is clearly not the case as a significant number of respondents indicated that they are done in private health centres,” the IPSOS report reads.
Drinking detergent or concentrated black tea being among the methods the respondents speculated, “Ill-advisedly,” Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Wahome Ngare said, were used.
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