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The care of women requesting induced abortion.
B - Future reproductive outcome: There are no proven associations between Induced abortion and subsequent ectopic pregnancy, placenta praevia, or infertility. Abortion may be associated with a small increase in the risk of subsequent miscarriage or preterm delivery.
Abortion Surveillance --- United States, 2000
maternal deaths for 1999 that were thought to be potentially related to abortion. These maternal deaths were identified either by some indication of abortion on the death certificate or from information such as a news report associated with the death. Investigation of these cases showed that 10 of the 22 deaths in 1998 and four of the 17 deaths in 1999 were related to legal Induced abortion and none to illegal Induced abortion ( Table 19 ). For 1998, 11 deaths were due to spontaneous abortion, and one death was found not to be abortion related. For 1999, 10 deaths were due to spontaneous abortion, and three deaths were found not to be abortion related. Numbers of deaths due to legal Induced abortion were highest before the 1980s, with very few deaths occurring in 1999 ( Table 19 ). Possible abortion-related deaths that occurred during 2000--2002 are currently being investigated.
Abortion Surveillance -- United States, 1999
CDC has periodically reported data on abortion-related deaths since these deaths were first included in the Abortion Surveillance Report for 1973 (4,5 ). An abortion-related death was defined as a death resulting from a) a direct complication of an abortion, b) an indirect complication caused by the chain of events initiated by abortion, or c) aggravation of a preexisting condition by the physiologic or psychologic effects of the abortion ( 1,2 ). Sources of data for abortion-related deaths included national and state vital records, maternal mortality review committees, surveys, private citizens and groups, media reports, health-care providers, medical examiners' reports, and computerized searches of full-text newspaper databases. All deaths associated with any type of abortion, Induced or spontaneous, were investigated. For each death possibly related to an Induced abortion or an abortion of unknown type, clinical records and autopsy reports were requested and reviewed by two clinically experienced medical epidemiologists to determine the cause of death and whether the death was abortion related. Each abortion-related death was then categorized as legal Induced, illegal Induced, spontaneous, or unknown (whether Induced or spontaneous). Abortion-related deaths for 1972--1998 are provided in this report. The 1998 data have not been published previously and are the most recent data available. National case-fatality rates were calculated as the number of known legal Induced abortion-related deaths per 100,000 reported legal Induced abortions. Case-fatality rates for 1972--1997 are provided in this report. No case-fatality rate was calculated for 1998 because only 48 states reported abortions; thus, the denominator for the national case-fatality rate was unknown.
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Search of: "Abortion,Induced" - List Results - ClinicalTrials.gov
Intrauterine Device Expulsion; Medical Abortion; Induced Abortion
MDCH - Medication-Induced Abortion
MDCH - Medication-Induced Abortion
Search of: "Abortion, Spontaneous" - List Results - ClinicalTrials.gov
Intrauterine Device Expulsion; Medical Abortion; Induced Abortion
Abortion and Pregnancy Data - WA State Dept. of Health
The information contained in this section includes detailed tables on pregnancies and Induced abortions for the most recent complete calendar year. Every year the Department of Health collects data from abortion providers across the state of Washington using the abortion reporting system. Data from Certificates of Live Birth and Certificates of Fetal Death are also used to prepare this report.
MedlinePlus: Abortion
MedlinePlus: Abortion
Characteristics of women undergoing repeat induced abortion
We surveyed a consecutive series of women presenting for Induced abortion at the London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ont., the regional provider of abortion services for a wide geographic area, between August 1998 and May 1999. Women were given a description of the study at the beginning of their initial appointment at the clinic and were asked to consider participating. They were assured that their identity and responses would remain confidential and that their decision concerning participation would not affect their care in any way. Participants completed a confidential self-report questionnaire in a private setting at the clinic before receiving any counselling or other intervention. These procedures were approved by the University of Western Ontario's Office of Research Ethics.
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The course of mental health after miscarriage and induced abortion: a longitudinal, five-year follow-up study
Two hundred and sixty-eight women were approached. Of these, 13 were excluded on the basis of defined exclusion criteria: (1) not Norwegian-speaking (n = 9); (2) mentally disabled or suffering from serious psychiatric illness (n = 3); and (3) pregnancy following rape (n = 1). Of the 255 women who were asked to participate, 120 (47%) agreed and were included (46% of the women who had had an Induced abortion and 50% of those who had experienced a miscarriage). For women who had had an Induced abortion, the response rate varied between 52% and 30%, depending on staff motivation and the person who asked the women to participate. When nurse G. asked the women, 52% agreed to participate in the study. For several years, this nurse had cared for women during the first hours after an Induced abortion. She was genuinely interested in the project and had a positive attitude towards taking part in it. When other staff members asked the women, only 30% agreed to participate. The project leader (who was also the interviewer) was not well known to the staff, and some of the staff were skeptical about the study being carried out in their department. At the beginning of December 1998, when all but three of the women who had had an Induced abortion were included, only half the women who had had a miscarriage were included. The project leader then had the opportunity to address the staff at a meeting that lasted for two hours. After this meeting, several staff members said that they were much more positive about the project than previously, and that they felt more comfortable about asking women to participate in the study. Before this meeting, the inclusion rate of women who had experienced a miscarriage was 36.5%; after the meeting it increased to 75%.
Abortion and Pregnancy Data - WA State Dept. of Health
Table 12 - Induced Abortions with Secondary Management Occurring Within State by Type of Secondary Management and Weeks of Gestation
The care of women requesting induced abortion.
The guideline was developed in relation to abortion legislation and available resources in England, Wales, and Scotland. The different issues surrounding Induced abortion in countries with different legislation and with different levels of resources and facilities are not considered.
healthfinder.gov — Emotional Effects of Induced Abortion
This article discusses emotional and psychological disturbances following Induced abortion and compares these feelings with the childbirth experience.
Energy Citations Database (ECD) - - Document #4422778
The effects of x or gamma rays and 0.43-MeV neutrons on pollen abortion, as measured by cotton blue staining, were studied in fifteen rnembers of four genera (Floscopa, Gibasis, Tradescantia, and Tripogandra) of the family Commelinaceae.The roles of interphase chromosome volume (ICV), nuclear volume (NV), and ploidy on the degree of pollen abortion Induced by radiation were investigated.For each species, the maximum percentage of aborted grains was determined over a postirradiation period equivalent to an entire period of microsporogenesis.Dose-response curves were constructed for each species and these were found to vary in slope.From these curves, RBE values were determined for two species of Tradescantia and for a diploid and tetraploid species of Gibasis.Within the dose range investigated, highest RBEs at 10% pollen abortion ranged from about 23 for Gibasis karwinskyana (4x) to about 9.4 for the diploid Gibasis.Ploidy was not found to influence the radiation response to an appreciable extent when ICVs were similar.High polyploids with small ICVs were found to be more radioresistant, but this response appears to be a function of ICV and not the degree of ploidy.Correlations were sought between 50% pollen abortion and ICV or NV.No correlations were found using NV.However, following low LET radiation an inverse relationship (-1 slope) was obtained between 50% pollen abortion and ICV.The same relation appears to hold for neutrons, but since only four species were available for comparison this relationship is still inconclusive.(auth)
Abortion, Miscarriage, and Breast Cancer Risk - National Cancer Institute
The relationship between Induced and spontaneous abortion and breast cancer risk has been the subject of extensive research beginning in the late 1950s. Until the mid-1990s, the evidence was inconsistent. Findings from some studies suggested there was no increase in risk of breast cancer among women who had had an abortion, while findings from other studies suggested there was an increased risk. Most of these studies, however, were flawed in a number of ways that can lead to unreliable results. Only a small number of women were included in many of these studies, and for most, the data were collected only after breast cancer had been diagnosed, and women’s histories of miscarriage and abortion were based on their “self-report” rather than on their medical records. Since then, better-designed studies have been conducted. These newer studies examined large numbers of women, collected data before breast cancer was found, and gathered medical history information from medical records rather than simply from self-reports, thereby generating more reliable findings. The newer studies consistently showed no association between Induced and spontaneous abortions and breast cancer risk.
Table of contents for The human drama of abortion
Contents
First Preface 7
Second Preface 9
Introduction 11
Part I: The Human Drama of Abortion 16
1 Listening to Women: Why They Have Abortions 17
The Story of a Poor Peasant 17
A Middle Class Urban Woman 18
A Young, Idealistic Career Woman 19
A Mature Well-Off Physician 21
A Working Class Teenager 22
2 The Meaning of Words 26
The Need for Defining Terms Related to Abortion 27
The Reproductive Process 28
From Embryo to Newborn Baby 31
The Beginning of Pregnancy and of a New Individual 33
Ectopic Pregnancy 35
Defining Induced Abortion 36
Safe and Unsafe Abortion 36
Methods for Pregnancy Termination 37
"Partial-Birth" Abortion 40
Menstrual Regulation 41
3 The Magnitude of Induced Abortion 43
Worldwide Estimations 44
Regional Differences in Induced Abortions 45
Regional Differences in Unsafe Abortions 48
4 Consequences of Unsafe Abortion 50
Maternal Mortality 52
Physical Complications 53
Psychological Consequences 54
Social Consequences 56
Economic Consequences 57
Factors Influencing the Severity of the Consequences of Abortion 58
-Legal Status of Abortion and Access to Safe Abortions 59
-Socioeconomic Status 61
5 Why Women Get Pregnant when They Do Not Want To 63
Lack of Knowledge of Contraceptive Methods 64
Lack of Access to Contraceptive Methods 67
Contraceptive Failure 70
Lack of Control in Their Sexual Relationships 70
6 Why Is a Pregnancy So Unwanted That It Ends in Abortion? 73
Lack of a Father 74
Financial Constraints 74
Inability to Provide Good Parenting/ Interference with Life Prospects 75
Conflict with Prevailing Social Norms 76
Health Reasons 76
Lack of Social Support 77
Part II: The Values Involved 79
7 Conflicting Values Faced by Health Professionals 80
The Value of Life and Health Professionals 81
Obstetricians and the Fetus 81
The Presence of the Fetus and Medical Technology 82
Technology and the Acceptance of Abortion 83
Obstetricians and Unwanted Pregnancies 85
Cultural Pressures 86
Public Condemna
MedlinePlus
Medical Encyclopedia: Abortion - complete
MedlinePlus
Medical Encyclopedia: Abortion - complete
MDCH - Michigan Induced Abortion Report Released
Michigan Department of Community Health Director, James K. Haveman, Jr., today released the Michigan Induced Abortion Report for the year 2000. While there was a slight increase in the number of Induced abortions reported in Michigan in 2000, there has been a 45.4 percent decrease since 1987. There were 26,807 Induced abortions performed in Michigan during 2000 compared to 26,207 Induced abortions performed in 1999, a 2.3 percent increase.
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