This exploratory qualitative study aims to fill a substantive gap – in terms of knowledge, applied research and advocacy – by investigating young men’s attitudes, perceptions and experiences as partners, in relation to premarital abortion in New Delhi. New research directions on men’s roles in abortion-seeking may lead to greater understanding of men’s own vulnerabilities, gender biases and motivations around unintended pregnancies. An understanding of these issues will help in designing policies and programs to capacitate men to support women and decrease the risks associated with unwanted pregnancies.11 Besides providing some important programmatic clues, the study hopes to present its findings as various hypotheses to be explored further. Given that the study raises questions that are exploratory in nature and there exists very little evidence to guide structured questioning, qualitative research methods were adopted for the study. IDIs, FGDs and KIIs were conducted with the selected participants using semi structured questionnaires. Participants for IDIs, FGDs and KIIs were selected using purposive sampling techniques. IDIs and FGDs were held with young men and women in the age-group of 18 to 35 years. In total, 17 IDIs, six FGDs and 15 KIIs were conducted for this study.

Kedia, S., Banerjee, P., Nandy, A., Vincent, A., Sabarwal, P., & Kato-Wallace, J. (2018). Exploring Male Engagement in Premarital Abortion: Perceptions and Lived Experiences of Young Women and Men in New Delhi, India. New Delhi, India: ICRW & Promundo-US.