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... Abstract : Leptospirosis can cause fetal abortion in pregnant mares. The number of abortions attributed to leptospiral infection in central Kentucky ...

Two cases of adolescent females attempting self-induced abortions are presented. Many ramifications and complications of illegal abortions are discussed as they affect the patient and society. In addition, we discuss the future of medical education as well as the economic aspects of health care in relationship to illegal ...

Data collected on induced abortions performed in Tennessee in 1976-77 are presented. Physicians performing abortions are required by the State to submit a report form on each abortion. A sample of the form is included in an appendix. The form does not inc...

Research proposals and papers from the Second Workshop on Abortion, Obtained and Denied; Research Approaches to Outcomes were summarized. Major research proposals included: mortality and morbidity, mental health and related considerations, abortion and family planning, and socioeconomic factors. Papers reviewed were: Somatic consequences of ...

... registry of induced abortions, we defined a large cohort of 28.5 million person-years to address the issue whether induced abortion increases the ...

... biolreprod67.4.1211 Decidual Lymphocytes of Human Spontaneous Abortions Induce Apoptosis but Not Necrosis in JEG-3 ... certain ...

of the woman. Hence, in Ghana, induced abortions are not legal if performed upon request or for social of the pregnancy. The reasons they gave included: no knowledge of contraception prior to the abortion, fear of side was at the hospital for accidentally inducing an abortion, gave insight into ...

A decade has passed since the therapeutic abortion law in Oregon was liberalized by the legislature in August of 1969. The number of induced abortions performed in the state has doubled from 7,187 in 1970, the first full year reported, to 14,501 in 1979. ...

A cross-sectional study of 150 women was performed at the gynaecology department of the Korle-BuTeaching Hospital to describe the characteristics of patients with complications of induced or spontaneous abortions, and to find out the reasons behind induced abortions. In all, 31% of the study sample presented with ...

This article presents part of the findings of a community-based study on the causes and effects of unplanned pregnancies in four districts of Western Province, Zambia. The study broke the silence around abortion in Western Province and revealed that induced abortion poses a public health problem. Using innovative methodology of ...

... abortion in horses was done in Northern Ireland (Ellis et al., 1983; Ellis and O'Brien, 1988; Ellis, 1999). ... deer, and elk. It ...

Cuba's annual induced abortion rate persistently ranks among the highest in the world, and abortion plays a prominent role in Cuban fertility regulation despite widespread contraceptive prevalence and state promotion of modern contraceptives. We explore this phenomenon using the concept of an "abortion culture," ...

Abortion is mentioned in ancient medical texts but the effectiveness of the methods described is doubtful. Attitudes varied from apparent disapproval by Hippocrates to open approval in Ancient Rome. In mediaeval times abortion was practised by women in secret and this continued during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Despite being illegal in England ...

In 1795 the Marquis de Sade published his La Philosophic dans le boudoir, in which he proposed the use of induced abortion for social reasons and as a means of population control. It is from this time that medical and social acceptance of abortion can be dated, although previously the subject had not been discussed in public in modern ...

In 1795 the Marquis de Sade published his La Philosophic dans le boudoir, in which he proposed the use of induced abortion for social reasons and as a means of population control. It is from this time that medical and social acceptance of abortion can be dated, although previously the subject had not been discussed in public in modern ...

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began conducting abortion surveillance in 1969 to document the number and characteristics of women obtaining legal induced abortions and to monitor this outcome of unintended pregnancies. This report is bas...

... 2J model, which has been referred to as abortion prone because an increased abortion rate can be induced by application of lipopolysaccharide, ... interferon γ) have been shown to boost the abortion rate,...

While unsafe abortions have become rare in the United States, the practice persists. We present a 24-year-old female with a 21-week twin gestation who presented to the emergency department with complications of an attempted self-induced abortion. Her complicated clinical course included sepsis, chorioamnionitis, fetal demise, and a ...

OBJECTIVE: To determine the outcome and side effects of a new drug protocol to induce abortion. DESIGN: Case series. SETTING: An urban primary care practice. PATIENTS: One hundred consecutive patients who requested elective termination of pregnancies of less than 8 weeks' gestation. INTERVENTION: Subjects received methotrexate (50 mg/m2 body surface area, ...

The effect of induced abortion on spontaneous pregnancy loss in subsequent pregnancies was studied based on 3,416 pairs of matched data in a follow-up investigation. Pregnancy outcome was examined also in relation to abortion procedure, gestation length at time of abortion, and number of previous ...

This report summarizes and describes data reported to CDC regarding legal induced abortions obtained in the United States in 1999. CDC began abortion surveillance in 1969 to document the number and characteristics of women obtaining legal induced abortion...

CDC began abortion surveillance in 1969 to document the number and characteristics of women obtaining legal induced abortions. This report summarizes and describes data reported to CDC regarding legal induced abortions obtained in the United States in 200...

Induced abortion is one of the most controversial moral issues in American culture, but counselor value struggles regarding abortion are seldom addressed in counseling literature. This article considers the conflictual nature of the ethical principles of autonomy, fidelity, justice, beneficence, and nonmaleficence as they can occur ...

The purpose of this study was to explore the reasons women in rural, southern Gabon, Africa, chose to terminate their pregnancies, the methods used to induce abortions, and postabortion effects experienced by these women. Abortion is illegal in this country. A descriptive qualitative design guided the methodology for this study. Five ...

The late complications and side effects of induced abortion, particularly those relating to subsequent pregnancies, and their treatment are reviewed. Damage to the uterine and cervical canal have resulted in miscarriages, premature births, and labor complications; it is hoped that newer types of abortion procedures (aspiration and ...

This work calls attention to the need for constructing a research agenda on induced abortion, which constitutes a serious pubic health problem in Latin America because of its illegality, clandestine practice, and ramifications for women's health, their families, and the health services. The incidence of abortion in Latin America is ...

During one year all women attending one of Sweden's largest clinics for induced abortion were interviewed. Out of 1,289 interviewed women 36 % (468) were born abroad, compared to 29% of women in corresponding ages in the local communities. The immigrant women had less experience of contraceptive methods, more born children and reported the partner ...

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to determine the number of induced abortions per woman and the reasons for selecting induced abortion among parous Armenian women. METHODS: A consecutive series of 200 women attending an abortion clinic in Yerevan, Armenia, were queried by a physician ...

Abortion is illegal in Uganda except to save the life of the woman. Nevertheless, the practice is quite common: about 300,000 induced abortions occur annually among Ugandan women aged 15-49 (Singh et al., 2005) and a large proportion of these women require treatment for post-abortion complications. In the ...

... woman has once had a miscarriage an induced abortion an ectopic pregnancy a blood transfusion amniocentesis chorionic ... the uterus, usually in the fallopian tubes. Induced Abortion: The planned termination of a pregnancy before the ...

This survey of studies which relate to the emotional sequelae of induced abortion, draws attention to the need for more long-term, in-depth prospective studies. The literature to this point finds no psychiatric indications for abortion, and no satisfactory evidence that abortion improves the psychological state of ...

A study using the abortion-birth ratios for residents of each U.S. state for the second half of 1970 and for all of 1971 was done to determine if legal abortions reduced marriages. Data showed that trends were consistent with the hypothesis that a relationship exists between l egalized abortion-birth ratios and trends in crude ...

Difficulties recruiting and retaining medical practitioners to perform induced abortions have resulted in a lack of access to this service in New Zealand's provincial and peripheral areas. To obtain information relevant to improving access to abortion, interviews were conducted with 14 of the 26 abortion operating ...

... possible effects of occupational and operational factors on risks of preterm delivery, pregnancy induced hypertension, and spontaneous abortion. ...

... effects of occupational exposures and operational factors on risks of preterm delivery, pregnancy induced hypertension, and spontaneous abortion. ...