Abstract
This study explores the opinion towards induced abortion as a family planning method among currently married urban women of Delhi through intensive interviews. An overwhelming majority approved it under following ranking conditions: rape, deformed offspring, and unwed pregnancy. About 80 per cent approved it for family size limitation and economic reasons. Of the variables studied, the wives' education has most significant and direct influence on approval of abortion. As compared to the women of the surveys in the U.S.A., the Indian women more frequently approved abortion for economic reasons and less frequently for the protection of the mothers' health.
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