Background: More than half of 80 million unintended pregnancies occurred worldwide wouldrnend in abortion annually. In developing countries more than one-third of all pregnancies arernconsidered unintended and about 19% will end up in abortion. The determinants of inducedrnabortion are considered to be socio-demographic factors, prior reproductive health and familyrnplanning behaviors and experiences. There is a need to address various problems with regards tornwomen reproductive health needs including contraceptive use.rnObjective: To assess determinants of induced abortion among child bearing age womenrnattending reproductive health clinic in Addis Ababa.rnMethod: Institution based cross sectional study on assessment of determinants of inducedrnabortion was conducted in May 2014. Study subjects were women aged 18 to 49, attendingrnreproductive health clinic in Addis Ababa among who had experienced induced abortion byrnconvenience sampling. A structured pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect data on abortionrnand related aspects.rnResult: A total of 390 reproductive age women were interviewed. Mean age of the respondentsrnwas 26 years. The most frequent reason for induced abortion mentioned by the respondents wasrnnot using a contraceptive method 29.2%. Inappropriate use of contraceptive 15.8% and rapern8.2% were also mentioned by the respondents. Fifty three percent of the participants admitted forrnusing at least on method of contraceptive. Age and marital status were significantly associatedrnsocio-demographic variables with induced abortion. Total number of live birth, contraceptive usernand future desire of pregnancy were also significantly associated variables.rnConclusion and recommendation: out of all respondents 93.8% mentioned one contraceptivernmethod, but still 55% women with induced abortion experience mentioned contraceptive relatedrnreasons for having induced abortion. This shows that there is a big gap between the knowledgernand practice of contraceptive. Therefore, it is recommended that to strengthen and modify thernexisting family planning program in order to reduce induced abortion.