Almost half (47 percent) of the women who admitted having had an abortion in Peru said they underwent a surgical procedure in order to terminate their pregnancy, according to a survey conducted in October 2018. In turn, almost one third of the women interviewed (32 percent) stated they used pills.
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Promsex (Peru). (February 21, 2019). Most common methods used to terminate pregnancies in Peru as of October 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 26, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121411/peru-abortion-methods/
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