This is the third ethics symposium published by the Peruvian Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics (RPGO) in the last 11 years, given the importance of this discipline for medical practice, especially for the gynecologist-obstetrician(1,2). Because of the topic’s transcendence, the Peruvian Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics (SPGO) hosted an event in 2009, highlighting various issues in sexual and reproductive health ethics(3). That same year, the Society participated in a Values Clarification Workshop in Trinidad, Bolivia(4).

Objective: To describe the epidemiological characteristics, contraception and psychological well-being in a series of women two years after therapeutic abortion. Materials and methods: Observational, descriptive study of a series of cases. The women whose therapeutic abortion procedure was performed at the National Maternal Perinatal Institute of Peru in 2018 participated and who at the time of the interview had passed two years, with prior informed consent. Sociodemographic data, obstetric profile, family planning method before therapeutic abortion and current were collected. The BIEPS Scale was applied to measure the psychological well-being of the participants two years after therapeutic abortion. Descriptive analysis was carried out and the identity of the participants was safeguarded. Results: 12 women were studied two years after presenting therapeutic abortion. At the ti...