• She disclosed that of all the 544 maternal deaths per 100,000 people recorded, at least 25 percent were due to unsafe abortion. (co.ls)
  • “CNN reports of 2019 show that the spokesperson for the ministry of health said abortion procedures are a problem in the country where hospital admissions among women and girls aged 13 and older at least 13 percent of them are admitted at facilities due to issues related to unsafe abortion,†she said. (co.ls)
  • Maternal mortality decreased significantly, basically due to a reduction in the number of deaths from unsafe abortion , which was the principal cause of maternal mortality in the 1990s. (bvsalud.org)
  • A rapid reduction occurred in maternal mortality in Uruguay , particularly in maternal mortality resulting from unsafe abortion . (bvsalud.org)
  • Yet the limited available evidence suggests abortion is common and that unsafe abortion is contributing to the country's high maternal mortality. (plos.org)
  • Our study aimed to estimate the one-year incidence of induced abortion in Côte d'Ivoire using both direct and indirect methodologies, determine the safety of reported abortions, and identify the women most likely to experience a recent induced abortion or an unsafe abortion. (plos.org)
  • Using bivariate and multivariate regression, we separately assessed sociodemographic characteristics associated with having had a recent abortion or an unsafe abortion. (plos.org)
  • This study provides the first national estimates of induced abortion incidence and safety in Côte d'Ivoire, using a population-based approach to explore social determinants of abortion and unsafe abortion. (plos.org)
  • Efforts to reduce the harms of unsafe abortion are urgently needed. (plos.org)
  • These deaths are in large part a result of limited emergency obstetric care, but unsafe abortion is a significant contributor. (plos.org)
  • As early as 1967 the World Health Assembly identified unsafe abortion as a serious public health problem threatening women in many countries (1). (womenonwaves.org)
  • All governments and relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations are urged to strengthen their commitment to women's health, to deal with the health impact of unsafe abortion as a major public health concern" and "In circumstances where abortion is not against the law, such abortion should be safe. (womenonwaves.org)
  • The results highlight the gap between political commitments to address the consequences of unsafe abortion and the capacity of health systems to provide post-abortion care. (guttmacher.org)
  • Without exception, every country that has legalized abortion has seen dramatic decreases in deaths and serious complications due to unsafe abortion. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • In western industrialized countries, death from unsafe abortion has been virtually eliminated. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • But a wide variety of medical and social factors impact maternal health - unsafe abortion is only one cause of maternal mortality, although it's a major one that is entirely preventable. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • 47,000 women die every year from unsafe abortion and 8.5 million are injured, mostly in heavily poverty-stricken regions in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • In Canada alone, 4,000 to 6,000 women died from unsafe abortion between 1926 and 1947. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • By censoring information on safe abortion, YouTube may contribute to the morbidity and mortality of unsafe abortion in a manner inconsistent with human rights under international law. (womenonwaves.org)
  • Unsafe abortion is a major cause of maternal mortality and morbidity worldwide. (womenonwaves.org)
  • Every year an estimated 25.1 million unsafe abortions take place around the world and as a result 46000 women die and millions more suffer with complications from unsafe abortion. (womenonwaves.org)
  • Unsafe abortion is a consequence of access barriers to safe and lawful services. (womenonwaves.org)
  • Many women seek unsafe abortion because they lack access to information on the legal status of abortion and the availability of services. (womenonwaves.org)
  • Animations that provide information about safe abortion methods can therefor reduce recourse to unsafe abortion. (womenonwaves.org)
  • Deaths and complications from unsafe abortion are commonplace in many countries. (bvsalud.org)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates about 22 million unsafe abortions are performed worldwide each year and about 47,000 women die from unsafe abortion and 99% of these deaths occur in less developed regions of the world. (bvsalud.org)
  • Unsafe abortion : global and regional estimates of incidence of unsafe abortion and associated mortality in 2000. (who.int)
  • The pregnancy-associated mortality rate in the United States from 1998-2005 among women who delivered live neonates was 8.8 deaths per 100,000 live births. (medscape.com)
  • Further, the country has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the region, with estimates ranging from 502 to 944 deaths per 100,000 live births [ 4 , 5 ]. (plos.org)
  • In 2017, states that restricted abortion had a maternal death rate (28.5 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births) that was nearly double (15.7 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births) those that had passed laws protecting access to abortion. (time.com)
  • By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality rate to less than 70 deaths per 100,000 live births. (bvsalud.org)
  • The maternal mortality rate for 2021 was 32.9 deaths per 100,000 live births, compared with a rate of 23.8 in 2020 and 20.1 in 2019. (medpagetoday.com)
  • In an op-ed in the L.A. Times , Jennifer Block further contextualizes last month's surprising news that the U.S. maternal mortality rate rose to 13 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2004. (ourbodiesourselves.org)
  • Maternal Deaths per 100,000 Live Births) 2000-2017. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Texas has one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the country, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights. (texasobserver.org)
  • Abortion travel bans are enforced through private civil lawsuits filed against people who "knowingly transport any individual for the purpose of providing or obtaining an elective abortion, regardless of where the elective abortion will occur. (texasobserver.org)
  • Even if these ordinances are more like ceremonial declarations than legally binding laws, abortion travel bans will harm Texans in Lubbock and surrounding communities who want to access an out-of-state abortion. (texasobserver.org)
  • Texans already live under some of the most restrictive and dangerous abortion bans in the country yet anti-abortion extremists continue to push additional unnecessary, confusing and fear-inducing barriers to essential health care," said Autumn Keiser , a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas. (texasobserver.org)
  • Texas passed S.B. 8, which bans nearly all abortions and it went into effect Sept. 1. (time.com)
  • The country's most marginalized will be affected by looming abortion bans - people already impacted by poverty, lack of health care access, and racism in the health care system, advocates say. (sacobserver.com)
  • Pregnant people in states with abortion bans , such as Wisconsin now does, have more limited access to health insurance, worse health outcomes, and lower access to maternity care providers. (publichealthmdc.com)
  • Alabama bans abortion after 20 weeks of gestation. (aclu.org)
  • In spite of the abortion bans that violate their right to life and health, both Polish and Irish women are assured of free, high-quality, post-abortion care in their own countries (unlike women in Africa), which helps contribute to the low maternal mortality rates in both nations. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • Physicians say it's not always clear when an intervention will be allowed under life-saving exceptions to abortion bans in U.S. states. (cbc.ca)
  • But some U.S. lawmakers have argued they should not be exempt from abortion bans. (cbc.ca)
  • In the wake of that decision, "we've seen abortion bans and restrictions take effect in various states across the country and, as a result, we can expect to see the U.S. maternal mortality crisis exacerbated," she added. (medpagetoday.com)
  • The Mississippi law, also known as the Gestational Age Act , bans almost all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, making it the most restrictive ban in the country. (vox.com)
  • On January 22, 1973, seven men on the U.S. Supreme Court struck down more than 30 state bans on abortion, and legalized abortion in all 9 months of pregnancy, for whatever reason, across the United States. (studentsforlife.org)
  • The mortality rate related to induced abortion was 0.6 deaths per 100,000 abortions. (medscape.com)
  • In 2020, 861 women in the U.S. died of maternal causes - a rate of 23.8 per 100,000 live births, the report found. (sacobserver.com)
  • The maternal mortality rate stands at eight per 100,000 in Canada, compared with 24 per 100,000 in the United States - a far higher mortality risk than that of a legal abortion procedure. (cbc.ca)
  • Death rates varied by racial/ethnic groups, with the maternal mortality rate for non-Hispanic Black patients at 69.9 per 100,000 live births, which was 2.6 times the death rate for non-Hispanic white women (26.6 per 100,000). (medpagetoday.com)
  • That also happened to be the first year since 1977 that the maternal death rate rose above 10 per 100,000 live births. (ourbodiesourselves.org)
  • Maternal mortality ratio refers to the number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes during pregnancy or within 42 days of the end of the pregnancy per 100,000 live births. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Using 1996 data, this translates into 3.89 million live births, 1.37 million abortions, and 0.98 million miscarriages. (medscape.com)
  • More than 40% of all women will end a pregnancy by abortion at some time in their reproductive lives. (medscape.com)
  • Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus. (wikipedia.org)
  • Countries that permit abortions have different limits on how late in pregnancy abortion is allowed. (wikipedia.org)
  • Abortion rates are similar between countries that restrict abortion and countries that broadly allow it, though this is partly because countries which restrict abortion tend to have higher unintended pregnancy rates. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2021, Texas banned abortions beyond six weeks of pregnancy. (kvia.com)
  • But Casiano lived in Texas, where state legislators had recently banned most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. (kvia.com)
  • 10. In 1999, WHO launched the Making Pregnancy Safer (MPS) initiative to reiterate its commitment to maternal mortality reduction. (who.int)
  • In Côte d'Ivoire, induced abortion is legally restricted unless a pregnancy threatens a woman's life. (plos.org)
  • The country's Penal Code states that two medical providers must examine a woman and agree that an abortion is necessary to save her life before a pregnancy can be legally terminated [ 6 ]. (plos.org)
  • Women are able to get an abortion when their life is endangered by the pregnancy, or if the baby will be born with severe deformities or disabilities. (wikipedia.org)
  • Black patients are often disproportionately impacted by abortion restrictions, and they are far more likely to die in to pregnancy-related deaths than white or Hispanic women. (time.com)
  • In practice, that means that no one in the state can provide an abortion after roughly six weeks into a pregnancy, which is before many people discover they are pregnant. (time.com)
  • Maternal deaths were defined as women who died either while pregnant or within 42 days of the end of pregnancy. (sacobserver.com)
  • A maternal death is when a person dies during pregnancy or up to 42 days after the end of pregnancy, from a health problem related to the pregnancy.People may die from infections, blood loss, high blood pressure, heart conditions, and many other causes. (publichealthmdc.com)
  • It's also important to know that for every one maternal death, around 70 people almost die during pregnancy or birth. (publichealthmdc.com)
  • In addition to maternal deaths, pregnancy-related deaths (deaths within one year after birth related to pregnancy) also increased in 2021. (publichealthmdc.com)
  • Soon we will be launching our new Nurse Navigator program to help people in Dane County get the help, support, and resources they need regarding reproductive health, pregnancy support, and all-options counseling, including helping to navigate abortion access. (publichealthmdc.com)
  • 13% of deaths from pregnancy-related causes are due to unsafe, usually illegal abortion. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • In 2007, Poland lost a case at the same court for denying a medically-approved abortion for a woman who went blind after carrying her pregnancy to term. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined maternal mortality as "the death of a woman during pregnancy or up to 42 days after the end of pregnancy, irrespective of the length or location of pregnancy, due to any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or measures in relation to it, but not due to accidental or incidental causes. (bvsalud.org)
  • Maternal mortality is a challenge for global public health services, which is why it was included as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as a way of mobilizing the world to combat the death of women from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. (bvsalud.org)
  • To achieve this rate, it is essential to carry out actions aimed at combating the death of women from preventable causes related to pregnancy, hemorrhage, hypertensive diseases, sepsis and abortion complications. (bvsalud.org)
  • Maternal death is defined by the World Health Organization as 'the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and the site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management, but not from accidental or incidental causes,'" Hoyert noted. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Even as Parade conflates the heartbreaking loss of a miscarriage with the intentional violence of an induced abortion, nearly 3,000 community-based pro-life pregnancy centers nationwide are showing what it means to actually support women, providing incredibly effective and meaningful resources to women facing challenging pregnancies and challenging circumstances. (lozierinstitute.org)
  • One of the most prominent of these was conducted by the U.S. National Cancer Institute, which found that the risk of breast cancer was 50% higher among those who had an abortion after their first pregnancy. (studentsforlife.org)
  • Maternal medical conditions that carry significant risks in pregnancy include severe diabetes with retinopathy, cardiac or renal complications, advanced cardiac or respiratory disease, renal failure, sickle cell disease, autoimmune disease, and psychiatric disease. (medscape.com)
  • Higher mortality rates have been reported in women with coarctation of the aorta with vascular involvement, pulmonary hypertension, Marfan syndrome with aortic involvement, and myocardial infarction in pregnancy. (medscape.com)
  • If abortion presents a medical risk to the patient, then continuation of the pregnancy presents an even greater risk. (medscape.com)
  • Moreover, it led to a shift to terminations earlier in pregnancy and to more equitable access to abortion for the poor-indeed the poor are more likely to get an abortion. (bvsalud.org)
  • Although otherwise asymptomatic, HEV infection becomes fatal in pregnancy, with considerable maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. (who.int)
  • Maternal mortality was significantly associated with delivery, as 17 mothers who lived went into labour spontaneously or were artificially induced, whereas 3 women who continued their pregnancy and did not deliver, died. (who.int)
  • The risk for perinatal death increases threefold, and the risk of maternal illness increases fourfold. (cdc.gov)
  • Adverse outcomes of unintended pregnancies include negative maternal and perinatal outcomes, such as increased preterm birth risk and decreased odds of receiving early prenatal care. (consultantlive.com)
  • There were 7 perinatal infant deaths: 4 intrauterine, 3 stillbirths and 1 abortion. (who.int)
  • Some 2,200 infants died in Texas in 2022 - an increase of 227 deaths, or 11.5%, over the previous year, according to preliminary infant mortality data from the Texas Department of State Health Services that CNN obtained through a public records request. (kvia.com)
  • One recent report found that in the final nine months of 2022, the state saw nearly 10,000 more births than expected prior to its abortion ban - an estimated 3% increase. (kvia.com)
  • But the price is still 15,000 Afghani (US$150) higher than the average price of an abortion in the United States, where before June 24 2022 abortions were legal and generally publicly accepted. (wikipedia.org)
  • 2022 abortion restrictions have the potential to further impact maternal mortality. (publichealthmdc.com)
  • States with more abortion restrictions have higher rates of maternal mortality , and many states became much more restrictive after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in 2022. (publichealthmdc.com)
  • Thankfully, after nearly 50 years, the Supreme Court reversed the Roe and Doe decisions on June 24th, 2022 and returned abortion regulation to the states. (studentsforlife.org)
  • As of 2018[update], 37% of the world's women had access to legal abortions without limits as to reason. (wikipedia.org)
  • Messages are left at a memorial to Savita Halappanavar, a day after an abortion referendum passed to allow abortion in Ireland in 2018. (cbc.ca)
  • On March 19, 2018, Mississippi passed a 15-week abortion ban. (vox.com)
  • For example, Planned Parenthood, America's largest abortion chain, committed almost 345,672 abortions in 2018-2019, their largest annual total ever, and more than any other vendor. (studentsforlife.org)
  • Even though abortion was illegal (until 2018) in Ireland, the country consistently boasts one of the lowest maternal mortality rates in the world according to WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and the United Nations Population Division. (studentsforlife.org)
  • Sets out guidelines that can help reduce the high levels of maternal morbidity and mortality associated with abortion, whether spontaneous or induced. (who.int)
  • Will We Lose the Right to Abortion? (thenation.com)
  • 5 The resultant common law and two subsequent referenda in 1992 and 2002 upheld the right to abortion services in Ireland if there was a real and substantial risk to the life of the mother, including the risk of suicide. (bmj.com)
  • The Women's Health Protection Act would bring needed protection from that interference for my patients, safeguard their right to abortion care, and ensure that my patients have the time, information, and ability they need to make life-changing personal decisions. (aclu.org)
  • denial of sovereignty to indigenous people and tribes and failure to protect voting rights and ending the constitutional right to abortion. (consortiumnews.com)
  • Readers may recall that, last spring, the North Dakota Supreme Court inexplicably held that the state constitution includes a right to abortion to protect the life or "health" of the mother. (bismarckdiocese.com)
  • Based on estimated lifetime risk, each American woman is expected to have 3.2 pregnancies, of which 2 will be a live birth, 0.7 will be an induced abortion, and 0.5 will be a miscarriage. (medscape.com)
  • Most abortions result from unintended pregnancies. (wikipedia.org)
  • (CNN) - Texas' abortion restrictions - some of the strictest in the country - may be fueling a sudden spike in infant mortality as women are forced to carry nonviable pregnancies to term. (kvia.com)
  • But multiple obstetrician-gynecologists who focus on high-risk pregnancies told CNN that Texas' strict abortion laws likely contributed to the uptick in infant deaths. (kvia.com)
  • We all knew the infant mortality rate would go up, because many of these terminations were for pregnancies that don't turn into healthy normal kids," said Dr. Erika Werner, the chair of obstetrics and gynecology at Tufts Medical Center. (kvia.com)
  • Abortion opponents expect all pregnancies to be carried to term. (thenation.com)
  • Coupled with the elimination of state funding for Iran's family planning programme, which had, up until 2012, provided millions of women in the country with access to affordable modern contraception, the move would undoubtedly result in greater numbers of unwanted pregnancies, forcing more women to seek illegal and unsafe abortions. (amnesty.org)
  • Three Irish women who were forced to travel to Britain to end pregnancies that were threatening their health are currently challenging the Irish abortion ban in the European Court of Human Rights. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • To estimate the prevalence of unin- nancy is often an indicator of the presence tended pregnancies that ended in birth of risk factors for maternal mortality [3]. (who.int)
  • The abortion expert, ‘Mamokoena Makhetha, said according to reports, in 2019 Lesotho was sitting on 487 per 100, 000 cases of maternal mortality and indicated that that was alarming. (co.ls)
  • Mental health conditions were the leading underlying cause of maternal deaths between 2017 and 2019, with white and Hispanic women most likely to die from suicide or drug overdose, while cardiac problems were the leading cause of death for Black women. (wuwf.org)
  • In another study , published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine in 2019, researchers looked at maternal mortality data from 38 states and Washington, D.C. and found that gestational limits on abortion and Planned Parenthood clinic closures each significantly increased maternal mortality. (time.com)
  • The rate of Black maternal mortality increased by nearly 26% between 2019-2020. (sacobserver.com)
  • In the most recent data from the CDC in 2019 , Black women had the highest rate of abortions with 23.8 abortions per 1,000 women. (sacobserver.com)
  • A total of 1,205 women died of maternal causes in 2021, compared with 861 in 2020 and 754 in 2019, according to the report from Donna Hoyert, PhD, of the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics. (medpagetoday.com)
  • We all know that to reduce maternal mortality, every woman needs skilled attendance at birth, emergency obstetric care and family planning. (who.int)
  • For every maternal death, at least twenty women are left incapacitated by the sequelae, inter alia , obstetric fistulae, chronic pelvic pain syndrome and infertility. (who.int)
  • Through timely access to appropriate emergency obstetric care (EOC), 75% of these maternal deaths could be averted. (who.int)
  • Conclusions The clinical experiences and opinions of the respondents suggest that the current legal availability of abortion in Ireland is insufficient to guide best clinical practice and does not represent the views of those that provide obstetric care. (bmj.com)
  • In Egypt, poor antenatal care is considered the second most important preventable factor in maternal mortality after substandard obstetric care [8]. (who.int)
  • Maternal death statistics include direct obstetric and indirect causes. (msdmanuals.com)
  • It is alarming that the CDC's new report shows that maternal mortality rates continued to rise in the U.S. in 2021, with persistent racial disparities in maternal health outcomes," AAFP President Tochi Iroku-Malize, MD, MPH, said in a statement. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Nonetheless, the CDC's latest report confirms that additional action is needed to stem the rise in maternal deaths and mitigate maternal health disparities. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Disparities by race and ethnicity in maternal mortality are significant worldwide. (msdmanuals.com)
  • A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also found that Black women died of maternal causes at nearly three times the rate of white women in 2020. (sacobserver.com)
  • According to a recent report from the CDC , 1,205 people died of maternal causes in the United States in 2021. (publichealthmdc.com)
  • A medical abortion has the same health impact as a spontaneous miscarriage. (womenonwaves.org)
  • Although the procedures for treating a miscarriage and performing an induced abortion are often the same, most Americans know that the two actions are vastly different morally, psychologically, and emotionally. (lozierinstitute.org)
  • Prior to the recent abortion restrictions, Texas banned the procedure after 20 weeks. (kvia.com)
  • Consistent with other research, our results suggest that legal restrictions on abortion in Côte d'Ivoire are not preventing women from having abortions, but rather pushing women to use unsafe, potentially dangerous abortion methods. (plos.org)
  • The estimate is based on previous research that has established a clear link between abortion restrictions and maternal mortality. (time.com)
  • But Summer Sherburne Hawkins, the study's lead author and an associate professor at Boston College's School of Social Work, says the analysis shows the direct impact of abortion restrictions like the one in Texas. (time.com)
  • Decades of medically-unnecessary restrictions have slowly chipped away at access to abortion care in Alabama and nearby states, forcing many providers to shut their doors. (aclu.org)
  • Illegal self-abortions have become much safer in the last few years for women able to access the Internet, which has played a major role in overcoming restrictions to information and access to abortion. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • In states that limit or ban abortion, poor women and others face an immediate threat of heightened health complications, as well as the long-term damage associated with abortion restrictions. (consortiumnews.com)
  • Mississippi had already adopted a ban on abortions after 20 weeks, a measure that, along with several other restrictions, played a role in whittling abortion access in the state down to a single clinic. (vox.com)
  • Laws often restrict the provision of safe abortion care, yet post-abortion care is a service that all countries have committed to provide to manage abortion complications. (guttmacher.org)
  • To be clear, the worsening U.S. maternal mortality rate cannot be addressed without addressing how each American can access safe abortion care if and when they need it," Villavicencio noted. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Also essential medicines should be available, including a wide range of contraceptive methods, such as condoms and emergency contraception, medicines for abortion and for post-abortion care, and medicines, including generic medicines, for the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections and HIV. (womenonwaves.org)
  • Shaw D. Abortion and Post-abortion Care - Volume II Abortion and human rights. (womenonwaves.org)
  • There is minimal evidence on the capacity of national health systems to provide post-abortion care. (guttmacher.org)
  • We measured signal functions for post-abortion care (the availability of key equipment and ability to perform services) to assess the proportion of primary-level and referral-level facilities in each country with the capacity to provide basic and comprehensive post-abortion care, respectively. (guttmacher.org)
  • We calculated the proportion of facilities providing each post-abortion care signal function to examine specific gaps in service provision. (guttmacher.org)
  • There are critical gaps in the provision of post-abortion care at all facilities that offer delivery services. (guttmacher.org)
  • In seven (70%) of ten countries, less than 10% of primary-level facilities could provide basic post-abortion care, and in eight (80%) of ten countries less than 40% of referral-level facilities could provide comprehensive post-abortion care. (guttmacher.org)
  • In no country could all referral facilities provide all the essential services that need to be included in basic post-abortion care. (guttmacher.org)
  • The capacity of primary-level and referral-level health facilities to provide basic and comprehensive post-abortion care, respectively, is low. (guttmacher.org)
  • Increasing the provision of good-quality post-abortion care is essential to reduce the level of abortion-related morbidity and mortality. (guttmacher.org)
  • General comment No. 22 (2016) on the right to sexual and reproductive health (article 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) states that, "Essential medicines should also be available, including a wide range of contraceptive methods, such as condoms and emergency contraception, medicines for abortion and for post-abortion care, and medicines, including generic medicines, for the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections and HIV. (womenonwaves.org)
  • Building on methodology developed by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder, CAP reports that Maryland and Nevada could see increases in maternal deaths of more than 30 percent, and states such as Colorado and New Mexico could see rate increases of more than 20 percent. (americanprogress.org)
  • The impact of legal abortion: redefining the maternal mortality rate. (cdc.gov)
  • High fertility rates cause high birthrates, which contribute to the high fetal mortality rate. (wikipedia.org)
  • Afghanistan has the highest fetal mortality rate in the world, with 110.6 deaths per 1000 births. (wikipedia.org)
  • As access to education across Afghanistan is increasing due to the fall of the Taliban, the fetal mortality rate is also decreasing. (wikipedia.org)
  • In rural areas the mortality rate still remains high, but aid workers are being sent to many regions of the country after receiving training on deliveries and care for newborns. (wikipedia.org)
  • In a study published in March in the journal Contraception , Eisenberg and his co-authors found that from 1995 to 2017, the maternal mortality rate increased most significantly in states that enacted the most restrictive abortion laws. (time.com)
  • Since 1980, the abortion rate has fallen by more than 50%," said Swindell, a witness invited by committee Republicans. (medpagetoday.com)
  • The United States has a maternal mortality rate that is much higher than other high-income countries . (publichealthmdc.com)
  • In order to support the opposite contention, anti-choice writers commit a serious logical error by equating a country's overall maternal mortality rate with the legal status of abortion. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • And, of course, our failed health care system often imposes the ultimate cost of all on pregnant women: The U.S. rate of maternal mortality , especially for Black women, ranks last among similarly wealthy countries. (inthesetimes.com)
  • Of all the developed nations in the world, the US has the highest maternal mortality rate ,' Michael Aziz MD, MPH, maternal-fetal medicine specialist and member of the State Liaison Network for the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) explained in an interview with HCPLive . (consultantlive.com)
  • Pew Research offers a guess as to how Roe v. Wade impacted our country's abortion rate, but even they admit, "An exact answer is hard to come by. (studentsforlife.org)
  • In 2008, Chile had the second lowest maternal mortality rate in the Americas. (studentsforlife.org)
  • And despite having the world's most liberal abortion laws, the U.S. has the highest maternal death rate of any industrialized nation and lags behind 30 developed countries for mothers' well-being. (studentsforlife.org)
  • The maternal mortality rate is higher in the US than in European countries (eg, Germany, Netherlands. (msdmanuals.com)
  • “For us to get to a point where we are talking about abortion it means that at a certain point, we failed particularly in basic health issues that are related to reproductive health,†Makhetha said. (co.ls)
  • Increased screening for postpartum depression and anxiety, starting at the first prenatal visit and continuing throughout the year after birth, is another CDC recommendation, as is better coordination of care between medical and social services, says David Goodman, who leads the maternal mortality prevention team at the CDC's Division of Reproductive Health , which issued the report. (wuwf.org)
  • We look forward to strengthened collaboration to guarantee universal access to reproductive health by 2015, as set out at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development and reaffirmed by world leaders at the 2005 World Summit, and as a new target under MDG 5 on maternal health. (who.int)
  • In the United States, you are 14 times more likely to die in childbirth than you are to die of an abortion," said Kristyn Brandi, MD, MPH, board chair of Physicians for Reproductive Health. (medpagetoday.com)
  • As a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist and medical director of a Huntsville-based reproductive health clinic, I provide prenatal care, deliver babies, treat mothers after they give birth, and provide abortion care. (aclu.org)
  • I n the 1989 Webster v. Reproductive Health Services case, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Missouri law restricting the use of state funds and facilities for abortion, an early attempt to eat away at Roe v. Wade . (consortiumnews.com)
  • And black women's struggles with reproductive health care are not limited to abortion. (vox.com)
  • 70 000 per year), maternal mortality(614 deaths per 100K)births), using a virtual women clinic as well as a physical women clinic and several social media platforms to provide materna l, sexual and reproductive health services in a youth and women friendly way. (who.int)
  • By the end of the second day , I had made good contacts of potential investors and key individuals interested with maternal and reproductive health. (who.int)
  • Before the 19th century, most US states had no specific abortion laws. (medscape.com)
  • Since the landmark 1973 US Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, hundreds of laws, federal and state, have been proposed or passed, making this the most actively litigated and highly publicized area in the field of medicine. (medscape.com)
  • Abortion laws and cultural or religious views of abortions are different around the world. (wikipedia.org)
  • Anti-abortion activists have dubbed these ordinances anti-"abortion trafficking" laws . (texasobserver.org)
  • The heavy influence of religious beliefs on the law leads to strict laws surrounding abortion. (wikipedia.org)
  • In October 2011, Anand Grover, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, submitted a report to the UN General Assembly which stated: "Criminal laws penalizing and restricting induced abortion are the paradigmatic examples of impermissible barriers to the realization of women's right to health and must be eliminated. (womenonwaves.org)
  • Anti-choice groups ( here and here ), news sites ( here and here ), and even elected government officials in Canada have been making the bizarre claims that legalizing abortion does not improve maternal health and may even harm it, and that countries with strict anti-abortion laws have better maternal health records. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • For example, India has liberal abortion laws, but two out of every five abortions performed are still unsafe because of poverty and inadequate healthcare systems in rural areas. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • Laws that restrict abortion providers, so-called ​ " TRAP" laws (targeted regulation of abortion providers), have led to women in those states being less likely to move into higher-paying occupations. (inthesetimes.com)
  • 22 states have laws or constitutional amendments on the books now poised to severely limit access to abortion or ban it outright. (consortiumnews.com)
  • Even before the Supreme Court issued its decision, states with more restrictive abortion laws had higher maternal-mortality and infant-mortality rates. (consortiumnews.com)
  • Worse yet, the 13 states that had trigger laws designed to outlaw abortion in the event of a Roe reversal were already among the poorest in the country. (consortiumnews.com)
  • More broadly, the ban has alarmed reproductive rights advocates, who argue that the Mississippi legislation is part of a new wave of laws intended to challenge core tenets of the Supreme Court's 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, and give the Supreme Court, with input from anti-abortion justices appointed by President Donald Trump, a chance to overturn the decision. (vox.com)
  • Prior to their reversal, these laws were akin to abortion mandates that prevented states from banning pre-viability abortions. (studentsforlife.org)
  • Lawyers cited these investigative reports before the U.S. Supreme Court thus contributing to the Court's decision to overthrow state laws making abortion a crime. (bvsalud.org)
  • The final result of these investigative and more in-depth studies and changes in abortion laws and practices have led to evidence that a woman obtaining an abortion early in gestation in the United States has a mortality risk of about 1 in one million. (bvsalud.org)
  • The purpose of the course is to educate public health students on laws, policies, clinical methods and case studies that facilitate preventing abortion deaths and on those barriers that enhance the likelihood of dying from abortion. (bvsalud.org)
  • The reduction in maternal mortality over the past 10years also coincides with a reduction in poverty and an improvement in the HDI. (bvsalud.org)
  • 1 Reduction of maternal mortality: A joint WHO/UNFPA/UNICEF/ World Bank statement, 1999. (who.int)
  • The 1989 ban on abortion in Chile was correlated to a near complete reduction in abortion-related maternal mortality. (studentsforlife.org)
  • Reasons include maternal health, an inability to afford a child, domestic violence, lack of support, feeling they are too young, wishing to complete education or advance a career, and not being able or willing to raise a child conceived as a result of rape or incest. (wikipedia.org)
  • Public health data shows that making safe abortion legal and accessible reduces maternal deaths. (wikipedia.org)
  • Others favor legal and accessible abortion as a public health measure. (wikipedia.org)
  • In some areas, abortion is legal only in specific cases such as rape, fetal defects, poverty, risk to a woman's health, or incest. (wikipedia.org)
  • If this is not a call to action, I don't know what is," says Adrienne Griffen, executive director of the Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance , a nonprofit focused on national policy. (wuwf.org)
  • Maternal mortality is one of the leading public health problems in developing countries. (who.int)
  • The personal decision to get an abortion or use a drug like mifepristone should be made by an individual in consultation with their health care provider-not an extremist judge. (nwlc.org)
  • While the Texas law is unprecedented in its private enforcement mechanism, many other states have passed limits on abortion in recent years, and researchers have shown that these are associated with negative health outcomes. (time.com)
  • Based on our research, restricting abortion based on gestational age, as has been done in Texas, will likely have detrimental effects on women's health," she says. (time.com)
  • He found the Global Health Data Exchange showed a 6% increase in maternal mortality in states that restricted abortion access relative to neutral states. (time.com)
  • Experts say the U.S.'s poor systems of health make abortions a vital part of health care for Black people. (sacobserver.com)
  • Abortion rights advocates also say there are several factors that may go into a person's decision to seek an abortion, including health care access and quality, financial support, and willingness to be pregnant. (sacobserver.com)
  • Experts conclude America's poor systems of health make abortions a vital part of health care for people of color. (sacobserver.com)
  • And we know from the Turnaway Study that people denied access to abortion have a higher chance of facing poverty and having worse health outcomes compared to patients that were able to access an abortion. (medpagetoday.com)
  • I'm also frightened by the impact this decision will surely have on this country's ongoing maternal health crisis," Taylor said. (medpagetoday.com)
  • April 11-17 is Black Maternal Health Week-- a time to shine the spotlight on maternal and child health inequities impacting Black women and people. (publichealthmdc.com)
  • If you read health news regularly, you might have seen an alarming statistic in the headlines: maternal deaths increased in the U.S. in 2021. (publichealthmdc.com)
  • or risk their life and health by undergoing unsafe, clandestine abortions. (amnesty.org)
  • Today, I'm testifying on Capitol Hill in support of the Women's Health Protection Act because access to abortion care should not differ depending on your zip code, as it does for my patients in Alabama. (aclu.org)
  • The bottom line is this: Abortion care is health care. (aclu.org)
  • Voted NO on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion. (ontheissues.org)
  • Prohibits federal funds from being used for any health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. (ontheissues.org)
  • Currently, federal funds cannot be used for abortion services and health plans must keep federal funds segregated from any funds for abortion services. (ontheissues.org)
  • Unless a prohibition is enacted, taxpayers will fund abortion under the framework of the new health care law. (ontheissues.org)
  • Abortion is not health care. (ontheissues.org)
  • The World Health Organization's safe abortion guidance document. (womenonwaves.org)
  • When Indiana's near-total abortion ban goes into effect on Sept. 15, the Planned Parenthood clinic in Merrillville - and its 10 other facilities in Indiana - will remain open to provide "critical health care services outside of abortion," but patients seeking abortion care will likely have to go out of state. (chicagotribune.com)
  • We provide a whole range of critical health care services outside of abortion, including birth control, emergency contraception, gender affirming hormone care, wellness visits, and more. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Our 11 health centers in Indiana will continue to provide those services, in addition to providing any care we can to those looking for an abortion," said Nicole Erwin, a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Under the ban, abortions will only be allowed in cases of rape, incest, fatal fetal abnormalities, and to protect the life and health of the mother. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Franciscan Health does not provide abortion care because it is "a Catholic health care system," according to a statement provided by that healthcare system. (chicagotribune.com)
  • South Bend's Whole Woman's Health clinic has started an Abortion Wayfinder Portal . (chicagotribune.com)
  • A new favorite pastime of the anti-choice movement is to try and cast doubt on the overwhelming evidence that legal abortion saves women's lives and health. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • Legalizing abortion has improved the overall health and survival of women, and that of their children and families. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • Women on Waves ("WOW"), is a Dutch a non-profit organization providing safe abortions and other sexuel health services with ships and drones. (womenonwaves.org)
  • Scientific research by the World health Organisation has shown that medical abortion can easily be done by women themselves at home without supervision by health professionals. (womenonwaves.org)
  • Recognizing the vulnerability of women seeking inter-jurisdictional access to abortion services, the European Court of Human Rights has emphasized the right to impart and receive information on abortion services as essential to ensuring women's health and well-being. (womenonwaves.org)
  • NRS 442.137 Advisory Board on Maternal and Child Health: Purpose and objectives. (nv.us)
  • NRS 442.170 Account for Maternal and Child Health Services. (nv.us)
  • The fall of Roe will be an additional economic blow, as women in the 26 states likely to ban abortion already face an economic landscape of lower wages, worker power, and access to health care. (inthesetimes.com)
  • The data in the report "send a resounding message that maternal health and evidence‐based efforts to eliminate racial health inequities need to be, and remain, a top public health priority," said Iffath Abbasi Hoskins, MD, president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), in a statement. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Just as concerning are worsening racial health inequities and the fact that pregnant and postpartum Black people continue to make up a disproportionate number of maternal deaths at growing and alarming rates. (medpagetoday.com)
  • The legislature thought that if the law must include a health exception, the exception should be limited to instances where an abortion is absolutely necessary to directly treat a serious physical medical condition. (bismarckdiocese.com)
  • The abortion lobby, however, thinks that "health" should include not only everything that we typically consider health-related, but also familial, economic and even geographic conditions. (bismarckdiocese.com)
  • Indeed, the new complaint focuses a great deal on abortion for reasons of mental health. (bismarckdiocese.com)
  • The abortion lobby is perverting that good work by trying to wedge mental health into "health" for purposes of abortion law. (bismarckdiocese.com)
  • While it is true that mental health-which includes substance abuse disorders-should often be treated as a physical condition, the fact remains that there does not exist any clinically diagnosable mental disorder that is medically treated by an abortion. (bismarckdiocese.com)
  • Roberts and other advocates say the earlier cutoff will increase the financial burdens of abortion access, making it that much harder for low-income women - many of whom are women of color lacking comprehensive health insurance - to access the procedure. (vox.com)
  • That clinic, the Jackson's Women's Health Organization, does not perform abortions after 16 weeks. (vox.com)
  • The new abortion ban was set to take effect immediately, but after the Jackson Women's Health Organization and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit on March 19, it has been temporarily blocked . (vox.com)
  • Abortion will always be dangerous for women and bad for their health. (studentsforlife.org)
  • Abortion mortality is an important global public health problem but a relatively neglected area of epidemiologic study. (bvsalud.org)
  • In part due to the political controversy over the acceptability of abortion as public health intervention, as a medical procedure, and as a woman's right, few public health research studies have been conducted to evaluate interventions to prevent abortion deaths - indeed most countries would be challenged to accurately document the public health problems of abortion. (bvsalud.org)
  • First, we recently reviewed all of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Epidemic-Assistance investigations on Maternal and Child Health between 1946 and 2005 and concluded that "the investigations of abortion-related health problems might have had the best-documented impact on public policy and public health 1 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Of 4,484 field investigations 1,969 were judged as potentially related to maternal and child health. (bvsalud.org)
  • Upon in-depth review of the reports, 1,429 were indeed related to maternal and child health and 25 related to abortion. (bvsalud.org)
  • The American Public Health Association urges medical and public health schools, residency training programs and midwifery and physician assistant programs to teach courses on abortion, and Drs. Eva Lathrop, Emory Medical School Obstetrician/Gynecologist, AndreeaCreanga (CDC epidemiologist) and I have, for the past six years, taught a course on the Global Elimination of Maternal Mortality from Abortion (GEMMA) 4 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Recommendations and advice are backed by extensive practical experience and rooted in the principle that emergency care for the complications of abortion should be available 24 hours a day in every health care system. (who.int)
  • The first three chapters describe the magnitude of mortality and morbidity caused by unsafe abortions, define the essential components of abortion care at each level in the health system, and discuss the ways in which legal and societal factors affect abortion behaviour and care. (who.int)
  • I was showcasing Afrimom , a social enterprise promoting women and maternal health in Zimbabwe. (who.int)
  • Death from abortion is almost unknown in the United States or in other countries where abortion is legally available. (medscape.com)
  • Misoprostol was registered only in countries where abortion was legal. (womenonwaves.org)
  • They travel all over Europe, particularly to nearby countries where abortion is cheaper, such as Ukraine. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • In view of the need to prevent life-threatening complications, the book also establishes standards of safe abortion practice for use in those countries where abortion is permitted by law. (who.int)
  • Overall and abortion-related maternal mortality rates in Uruguay over the past 25years and their association with policies and actions aimed at protecting women's rights. (bvsalud.org)
  • This leads women to having to fund the abortion themselves, which can be difficult because of the social norm that it is women's job to have children and thus they do not have jobs outside of taking care of the house and the family. (wikipedia.org)
  • A rich and rigorous social science literature has examined both the detrimental effect of a denied abortion on women's lives, as well as the individual and societal economic benefits of abortion legalization, as detailed in the thorough amicus brief filed in Dobbs on behalf of over 100 economists. (inthesetimes.com)
  • Among practicing obstetricians and gynecologists in the United States, 97% encountered patients seeking abortions, whereas only 14% performed them. (medscape.com)
  • When done legally in industrialized societies, induced abortion is one of the safest procedures in medicine. (wikipedia.org)
  • When performed legally and safely on a woman who desires it, induced abortions do not increase the risk of long-term mental or physical problems. (wikipedia.org)
  • Introduction The provision of abortion services in the Republic of Ireland is legally restricted. (bmj.com)
  • Women often pursue abortions through illegal means because of the few cases that allow abortions legally. (wikipedia.org)
  • Starting with the "bad old days" before 1967 when many women in the United States died from illegal abortions to a transitional time when abortions were legally available on the West and East coastand huge medical tourism led women to California or New York for abortions. (bvsalud.org)
  • Africa is the only region where there has been no improvement in maternal deaths for more than a decade. (who.int)
  • Cambodia, Zambia, and South Africa are other countries with legal abortion but insufficient access to safe services. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • Tackling maternal mortality in Africa after 2015: What should the priorities be? (bioline.org.br)
  • [ 3 ] Access to abortion was particularly limited in rural communities and in the South and Midwest. (medscape.com)
  • Abortion rates changed little between 2003 and 2008, before which they decreased for at least two decades as access to family planning and birth control increased. (wikipedia.org)
  • They allege the abortion ban has denied them or their patients access to necessary obstetrical care. (kvia.com)
  • Lubbock County, Texas, is now the fourth and largest county in the state to pass an anti-abortion ordinance that would bar pregnant Texans from traveling to access an out-of-state abortion. (texasobserver.org)
  • it is estimated that Texans seeking an abortion have to travel an average of 240 miles each way to access care. (texasobserver.org)
  • Washington, DC) Today, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Texas issued a decision that could potentially eliminate access to mifepristone - a drug typically used in medication abortion, the most common form of abortion in the United States. (nwlc.org)
  • Ohio's Issue 1 ballot initiative to codify the legal status of abortion in the state constitution affects both abortion access and maternal mortality rates. (americanprogress.org)
  • A constitutional right for Irish women to travel abroad to access abortion services was established. (bmj.com)
  • In addition to the law's impact on patients, its extreme limit could also cause many abortion clinics to close their doors , which would further reduce access to care for state residents. (time.com)
  • The CDC WONDER database showed a 24% increase in states that restricted abortion access relative to neutral states. (time.com)
  • One myth, he said, was that "women will not have access to abortion. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Without access to abortion, maternal mortality rates will rise even more - in Alabama, and across the country. (aclu.org)
  • Every patient deserves access to abortion care, regardless of where they live or how much money they have. (aclu.org)
  • In all cases, women should have access to quality services for the management of complications arising from abortion" (4). (womenonwaves.org)
  • This is especially true respecting access to abortion services. (womenonwaves.org)
  • And in this country, where we've had access to abortion on demand for the last 50 years, we have one of the worst maternal mortality rates in the developed world. (whqr.org)
  • DAVIS: I do wonder about the disparity issue here in that wealthy women in this country will still be able to access abortion services if they so choose. (whqr.org)
  • Mississippi has long stood as one of the most restrictive states in the country when it comes to abortion access. (vox.com)
  • Women of color often face additional barriers when it comes to abortion access. (vox.com)
  • Medical abortion is also contraindicated in women with no access to emergency services and no partners or family to be with the patient during the heaviest bleeding times. (medscape.com)
  • At the country's most dangerous abortion facility, St. Louis Planned Parenthood, nearly 80 women have been sent to the ER with confirmed medical emergencies in the last 10 years alone. (studentsforlife.org)
  • 6 , 7 The Abortion Information Act in 1995 limited the information Irish doctors could give to women regarding abortion and prevented direct referrals for abortion services in the UK. (bmj.com)
  • Few legal cases allow women to seek abortion care. (wikipedia.org)
  • Providing abortion care in my state is challenging. (aclu.org)
  • And, just last year, the legislature passed a near total ban on abortion that threatens doctors like myself with up to 99 years in prison for providing ethical, medically-appropriate care. (aclu.org)
  • Abortion clinic licenses will terminate when the law goes into effect, so abortion care will only be allowed at hospitals and ambulatory outpatient surgical centers that are owned by hospitals. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Currently, only about 1% of abortion care is provided outside of an abortion clinic, Erwin said. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Alison Case, a family medicine doctor in South Bend who has been providing abortion care for the last two years, said if a patient of hers requests an abortion after Sept. 15 she will have to refer the patient out of state, like Illinois or Michigan. (chicagotribune.com)
  • After Sept. 15, if a patient comes to a Planned Parenthood in Indiana and requests an abortion, Erwin said the organization has invested in a patient navigator team to "help guide patients through the process of getting care out of state, connecting with abortion funds, and providing follow up care in Indiana. (chicagotribune.com)
  • NRS 442.270 Liability for failure to exercise reasonable care to preserve life of infant born as result of attempted abortion. (nv.us)
  • DAVIS: How do you respond to the argument that this doesn't necessarily stop women from seeking abortion services - it stops safe abortion services - that women will continue to seek out abortion, and they might just receive less adequate medical care? (whqr.org)
  • A chapter on planning is followed by three chapters outlining the clinical elements of emergency abortion care. (who.int)
  • Other chapters offer detailed guidance on the facilities, equipment and drugs needed for abortion care, on the training and supervision of staff, and on ways to overcome several obstacles that make it difficult for women in remote rural areas to receive timely care. (who.int)
  • We conducted a descriptive study from April to October 2015 in 10 tertiary care hospitals throughout Pakistan to determine maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality in HEV-positive pregnant women with acute jaundice or raised liver function tests. (who.int)
  • Worldwide, some 20-30 million legal abortions are performed annually, with another 10-20 million abortions performed illegally (see The Alan Guttmacher Institute ). (medscape.com)
  • Yes - one of the groups "in charge" of abortion reporting is the Guttmacher Institute, the research arm of America's largest abortion vendor, Planned Parenthood. (studentsforlife.org)
  • Judge Kacsmaryk was targeted by anti-abortion extremists because of his clear bias and reputation. (nwlc.org)
  • A new analysis from Dr. David Eisenberg, a board certified obstetrician-gynecologist who provides abortions in Missouri and Illinois, estimates that with the new law in effect, the state could see increases in maternal mortality of up to 15% overall, and up to 33% for Black women next year. (time.com)
  • Maternal mortality in the U.S. significantly increased in 2021 compared with the previous year, the CDC reported Thursday. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Irish women travel mostly to the UK to have safe legal abortions, but also to other European countries. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • Many doctors who used to perform abortions continue to provide safe (but clandestine and costly) procedures in their clinics. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • Since the 1973 decision, approximately 1.3-1.4 million abortions have been performed annually in the United States. (medscape.com)
  • Around 73 million abortions are performed each year in the world, with about 45% done unsafely. (wikipedia.org)
  • Even far right Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, in his concurring opinion in Dobbs , the case that overturned Roe v. Wade , wrote that , "May a state bar a resident of that state from traveling to another state to obtain an abortion? (texasobserver.org)
  • WIB) - People of color will likely face the brunt of negative impact following the Supreme Court's overturning Roe v. Wade, abortion rights advocates warn. (sacobserver.com)
  • A leaked draft of a majority opinion authored by Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito strongly suggests that the court will rule to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the two landmark cases that have upheld the right to an abortion nationwide for the last half century. (inthesetimes.com)
  • As we continue our coverage of yesterday's momentous Supreme Court decision to overturn the federal right to an abortion established nearly 50 years ago in the Roe v. Wade case, we turn to a medical professional who opposes abortion rights. (whqr.org)
  • And, you know, the first is that, of course, Roe v. Wade being overturned doesn't mean that abortion isn't available anywhere in this country. (whqr.org)
  • The maternal mortality increases will likely be impacted by another factor: the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade , wrote Jen Villavicencio, MD, MPP, ACOG's lead for equity transformation, in an email to MedPage Today . (medpagetoday.com)
  • The Dobbs v. Jackson decision on abortion, overturning Roe v. Wade, has made life in America distinctly more dangerous. (consortiumnews.com)
  • Indeed, data collected by economists in the decades after Roe v. Wade indicates that the greater the limits on abortion, the more poverty for parents and the less education for their children. (consortiumnews.com)
  • In reality, it was only the abortion industry that benefited from Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton . (studentsforlife.org)
  • Following the US Supreme Court decisions, Roe v Wade and in 1973, abortion became legal throughout the US and well accepted in areas which had achieved the second demographic transition 3 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Washington, D.C. - New analysis from the Center for American Progress finds that if a nationwide abortion ban were to become law, many state s would likely see an increase in maternal deaths-including states where state and local governments are supportive of abortion. (americanprogress.org)
  • T exas' controversial six-week abortion ban has been in effect just 21 days, and physicians and researchers are already warning that the impact could be dire: if the law remains in effect, Texas could see a significant increase in maternal mortality. (time.com)
  • The Supreme Court ruling ended the nation's constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years. (cbc.ca)
  • Survey data shows that nearly 50 percent of women who seek abortions live under the federal poverty line, while many more hover precariously above it. (consortiumnews.com)
  • Maternal or neonatal death may occur as well as intrauterine growth retardation. (cdc.gov)
  • One ZIP code away from me, I have one of the ZIP codes with the worst neonatal mortality rates in our state. (whqr.org)
  • Illegal abortions are unsafe and account for 13% of all maternal mortality and serious complications. (medscape.com)
  • Abortion in Afghanistan is illegal unless the life of the mother is at risk or the baby's life is endangered, interpreted as the baby having a severe disability or low quality of life. (wikipedia.org)
  • A local anti-abortion group sued the zoning board, then drafted legislation (later struck down by a court) making it illegal to operate an abortion clinic within 2,000 feet of a school to try to force us to close. (aclu.org)
  • In developed countries, healthcare systems are advanced enough to prevent most maternal mortality and morbidity, but if abortion is illegal, women still die. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • During the first half of the 20th century, maternal deaths in western countries dropped sharply because of antibiotics and modern medicine, despite abortion still being widely illegal. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • Anti-choicers are fond of citing Ireland and Poland as examples of countries with low maternal mortality and illegal abortion. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • Polish women have an estimated 80,000 to 200,000 illegal abortions every year. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • You know, two of the countries with the best maternal mortality rates in the world - Poland and Malta - abortion is illegal in both of those countries. (whqr.org)
  • And Poland actually saw their maternal mortality rates drop dramatically when they went from legalized abortion to making abortion illegal. (whqr.org)
  • In 1972, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported that 39 women died from illegal abortion and 24 died from legal abortion. (studentsforlife.org)
  • In fact, according to Mary Calderone , former director of Planned Parenthood, an estimated 90% of all illegal abortions were committed by licensed physicians in good standing. (studentsforlife.org)
  • Then CDC began investigating all reported abortion-related deaths to determine whether the death was attributed to abortion, whether the abortion was spontaneous or induced, and if induced, whether it was a legal or illegal abortion. (bvsalud.org)
  • Reasons for procuring induced abortions are typically characterized as either therapeutic or elective. (wikipedia.org)