Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Risk Factors of Induced Abortion among Preparatory School Female Students, Guraghe 
Zone, Southern Region, Ethiopia: Cross -Sectional Study  
 
Version: 4 Date: 18 Jun 2019  
 
Reviewer: Heidi Jones  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
The authors have done a nice job with the revisions.  The do cument needs to be edited for 
English grammar and language usage prior to publication.  
 
 
My only other suggestion is that some of the findings could be highlighted more in the 
discussion.  For example, that 18% of those with induced abortion reported pregna ncy to be due 
to rape, seems to me to be an important finding - with different conclusions in terms of giving 
girls access to education and contraception.  This finding suggests that boys and men may also 
need education with efforts to change social norms to respect girl's/women's bodily autonomy.   
 
 
Further, in addition to concluding that these girls may benefit from increased sex education and 
access to contraception, they may also benefit from access to safe, legal abortion services (?)  
Abortion exists in every society around the world, regardless of girls'/womens' access to 
contraception and education.  To me, this suggests that having safe, legal services available to 
those who wish to access them is the humane thing to do, regardless of whether you pe rsonally 
question the morality of these services.  This is meant to be food for thought, but I might 
conclude, based on your data, that abortion services should be legal to ensure these girls' safety 
(especially as generally girls/women around the world wh o have access to money are able to find 
safe services, while poor girls/women are not - an unfair disparity based on wealth).  Overall, the 
authors have done a nice job with their revisions and the paper will add to the literature on the 
prevalence and ris k factors for induced abortions among Ethiopian adolescents.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Are the met hods appropriate and well described?  
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Yes 
 
Does the work include the necessary controls?  
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Yes 
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
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Yes 
 
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additional statistical review?  
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I am able to assess the statistics  
 
Quality of written English  
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Not suitable for publication unless extensively edited  
 
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