Abortion beyond a medical issue; women's perception on the current Ethiopian abortion law among reproductive‐aged women by 2023, a community‐based cross‐sectional study

A nationwide study on the contribution of abortion to maternal mortality in Ethiopia was 6%-9%. To bring Ethiopia's legal system into compliance with the country's new constitution, a new criminal code was created in 2005. In the new penal code, after 2005, abortion was permitted under broad circumstances; in the case of rape, incest, or fetal impairment; if pregnancy continuation or birth would endanger the health or life of the woman or fetus; if the woman has physical or mental disabilities; and if the woman is a minor who is physically or mentally unprepared for childbirth.