A prospective case study on provocated abortion has been conducted at gynaecology and obstetric department of Hôpital Gabriel Touré from September 2003 to June 2004. We included in the study 180 cases and 360 controls (normal delivery pregnant women) matched by age to the cases. 5 04% of our cases undergone a provocated abortion; in 47.8%, the abortion was provoked by paramedical personal. Hemorrhagic complication was noted in 71.1%. The main reason of provocated abortion was single women, family pressure, fair of society and uncontrolled contraception.