PIP: 10 socialworkers were recruited to identify and interview nonmedical abortion providers and clients in the northern Mexico states of Sonora, Tamaulipas, Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, and Baja California for a 1979 study. Problems were encountered with wording of the questionnaire and the quality of the work of some of the social workers. 49 single clients aged 24.5 years on average and 29 married clients aged 29 years on average were interviewed. The married women appeared to be of slightly lower educational and social status than the single. Single women paid on average U. S. $91, $37 more than married women, but otained better service and had lower rates of complication. 65% of married women attempted to induced menstruation themselves before seeking abortions. Only 2 women, both married, waited more than 3 months to seek abortions, both because of lack of funds. Little relation was found between the cost, method, and quality of the abortions. Married women sought abortions typically for economic reasons, while single women did so for social reasons. The 11 female and 1 male nonmedical abortion providers were aged 32 to 53 years, 2 were nurses, and the rest had 6 or fewer years of education. 1 nurse performed D and Cs with local anesthesia, 7 used probes, 3 used herbal injections and 1 used an infusion of herbs. 5 had learned their techniques from medical personnel. Income from abortions was the major source of livelihood for 10 of the 12 but charges, volume of patients, and total income varied. The average provider had been performing abortions for over 10 years.