Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Knowledge and attitude of reproductive age group (15 -49) women towards Ethiopian  
current abortion law and associated factors in Bahir Dar city, Ethiopia  
 
Version: 3 Date: 24 Jan 2020  
 
Reviewer: Marta Rondon  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
Methods  
 
I understand your instruments (questionnaires) were prepared based on a review of the 
literature. Were they validated by a group of experts? or did you carry out any sort of pilot 
before using the se ad -hoc instruments in the study sample?  
 
Conclusion: I suggest that  you delete this sentence "The current study showed that abortion 
is still a major health problem in Bahir Dar City Administration" Knowledge of the law and 
attitudes towards induced abo rtions were assessed, so this sentence, which may be true, 
doesn't describe the outcome of the study at all.  
 
"Among the 8 women that had induced abortion, 2 were at home and 6 in health clinics. 
Being unmarried, being raped, being a student and having econ omic problems were the 
reasons for seeking an induced abortion" needs to be omitted from this section . It is true, the 
information is valuable, but it belongs in Results, not in the Conclusion.  
 
As for "Woman's age and partner's education determine the sta tus of  knowledge while 
merely; the partner's educational status of college and above was significantly  associated with 
the attitude towards Ethiopian current abortion law, respectively. "  may I suggest: "the 
woman's age and her partners education determine  whether the woman is informed about the 
abortion law; favorable attitudes towards the law are related only to the partner having at 
least a college education".  
 
Perhaps you want to comment on the advisability of including men in current government 
efforts to educate the public about the abortion law - just to close the paper on a positive tone, 
making the results relevant to the present day context in Ethiopia.  
 
Language: needs serious editing. Software is not appropriate for this task.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Are the methods appropriate an d well described?  
If not, please specify what is required in your comments to the authors.  
 
No 
 
Does the work include the necessary controls?  
If not, please specify which controls are required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
If not, please explain in your comments to the authors.  
 
No 
 
Are you able to assess any statistics in the manuscript or would you recommend an  
additional statistical review?  
If an additional statistical review is recommended, please specify what aspects require further  
assessment in your comments to the editors.  
 
I recommend addition al statistical review  
 
Quality of written English  
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript:  
 
Not suitable for publication unless extensively edited  
 
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