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Pregnancies13
  • Most abortions result from unintended pregnancies. (wikipedia.org)
  • Abortion % is abortions as percentage of pregnancies (excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages). (johnstonsarchive.net)
  • Where is equal protection in a medical world in which cisgender men may claim care for any infirmity they face but girls are left to face pregnancies in which the chances of death are 14 times greater than a simple early abortion ? (historians.org)
  • Early medical abortion will be defined in this presentation by termination of pregnancies with Mifepristone/Misoprostol when no visible gestational sac is visible on ultrasound. (fiapac.org)
  • Very early medical abortion will be defined by termination of pregnancies before the date of expected menstruation. (fiapac.org)
  • It intends to help such women, residents of Dubai or expatriates have a legal, safe and confidential way out of unwanted pregnancies. (americanhospitalbangalore.com)
  • There are debates about the risk of back-alley abortions, the hardship of teen pregnancy, and the trauma of pregnancies due to rape and incest. (arcapologetics.org)
  • It is necessary to note that abortion tablets are just advised for pregnancies within the very first 10 weeks or 70 days of pregnancy. (rideonutv.rentals)
  • Safe pregnancy termination pills in Saudi Arabia terminate pregnancy from home, Abortion pills in Saudi Arabia to terminate first and second (up to 6 months) trimester pregnancies. (safeabortionsclinic.com)
  • The number of abortions occurring annually in each state allows for estimation of the total number of pregnancies, which is the sum of births, miscarriages (including stillbirths) and induced abortions. (guttmacher.org)
  • Roughly half of all pregnancies are unintended, and 26-41% of all pregnancies end in abortion. (guttmacher.org)
  • Women who seek late termination of pregnancies also cite insufficient -information on abortion and abortion services (with four times the proportion of rural women compared with urban women giving this as a reason). (bhekisisa.org)
  • Medical abortion care encompasses the management of various clinical conditions including spontaneous and induced abortion (both viable and non-viable pregnancies), incomplete abortion and intrauterine fetal demise, as well as post-abortion contraception. (bvsalud.org)
Fetal6
  • 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)
  • Miscarriages generally includes spontaneous fetal losses/ abortions, fetal deaths, or stillbirths, regardless of gestation period. (johnstonsarchive.net)
  • On Tuesday, Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed a "fetal heartbeat" bill that seeks to outlaw abortion after about six weeks. (metafilter.com)
  • The EU Parliament resolution mentioned a recent case in Malta involving an American tourist who had an incomplete miscarriage and could not get the fetal tissue removed even if her life was in danger. (sandiegouniontribune.com)
  • Many fetal anomalies may be detected later but in UAE, abortion is not a choice beyond this 120-day mark. (americanhospitalbangalore.com)
  • Abortion is permitted up to 20 weeks' gestation when it is necessary to save a woman's life or protect her physical or mental health, and in cases of economic or social necessity, rape, contraceptive failure among married couples and fetal anomaly. (guttmacher.org)
Complications17
  • In 2003 (the most recent years for which data are available), 10 women died as a result of complications from known legal induced abortion. (cdc.gov)
  • Any clinic that can deal with complications of miscarriage can also help women with incomplete abortions, because the symptoms are the same. (womenonwaves.org)
  • Misoprostol reduces the rate of complications after surgical abortion when administered as a medical priming agent prior to vacuum aspiration, both in nulliparous and parous women. (fiapac.org)
  • The quality and dosage of abortion pills purchased online are not guaranteed, which can be a threat to women's health and cause complications. (mypositiveoptions.org)
  • They tend to buy abortion pills illegally and may end up in severe complications. (americanhospitalbangalore.com)
  • Moreover, it indicated that 3 million women have suffered life-threatening complications after unsafe abortions but couldn't seek health care due to the restrictive laws and stigma associated with abortion in their communities. (speakactchange.org)
  • Complications vary from incomplete abortion and hemorrhage to uterine perforation or damage to the genital tract. (speakactchange.org)
  • Guyana's legalization for safe abortion reduced hospital admissions due to abortion complications to 41% within six months of enacting the law. (speakactchange.org)
  • The Center for Reproductive Rights highlighted that economic benefits have been seen in many countries where abortion was legalized as providing safe abortions outweighs the cost of treating complications from unsafe abortions. (speakactchange.org)
  • Donohue cites a 2013 article Denise M. Burke, Vice President of Legal Affairs for Americans United for Life, entitled " Regulating Abortion Facilities and Providers: Combating the True Back Alley, " in which she provides a long list of potential complications from this procedure that would definitely require a trained physician to handle. (womenofgrace.com)
  • What are the complications of comprehensive abortion care? (flowerstips.org)
  • Complications that can occur with comprehensive abortion care 1. (flowerstips.org)
  • Frequency of complications depends on gestational age (GA) at the time of miscarriage or abortion and method of abortion (see the Gestational Age from Estimated Date of Delivery calculator). (medscape.com)
  • Many states do not have informed consent laws that require abortionists to go over details regarding possible complications from abortion. (abortionlessfuture.com)
  • Perinatologists, obstetricians, and abortion counselors prefer to put the risks in the context of the statistical likelihood of complications, and then let the patient make her final decision. (medscape.com)
  • it only makes abortion less safe and more likely to lead to preventable complications, including maternal death. (bvsalud.org)
  • Postabortion care services provide lifesaving treatment for abortion-related complications and addresses women's needs by offering family planning (FP) counseling and voluntary access to contraception. (bvsalud.org)
Unsafe7
  • Unsafe abortions-those performed by people lacking the necessary skills, or in inadequately resourced settings-are responsible for between 5-13% of maternal deaths, especially in the developing world. (wikipedia.org)
  • In contrast, unsafe abortions performed by unskilled individuals, with hazardous equipment, or in unsanitary facilities cause between 22,000 and 44,000 deaths and 6.9 million hospital admissions each year. (wikipedia.org)
  • This is why many expatriates living in Dubai, UAE or other Gulf countries often opt for unsafe abortions. (americanhospitalbangalore.com)
  • Unsafe abortion in Bahrain can put your health and life at risk. (americanhospitalbangalore.com)
  • Of these, 25 million were unsafe abortions, 98% of which were in developing countries. (speakactchange.org)
  • Five percent of abortions in each state are performed outside of health facilities using other, typically unsafe methods. (guttmacher.org)
  • Research shows that women presenting to hospitals with incomplete abortions after undergoing unsafe abortions cite lack of information on abortion rights under the Act and lack of knowledge about an existing designated facility for legal termination of pregnancy as some of the barriers to abortion service access. (bhekisisa.org)
Woman's9
  • Those who support the legality of abortion often argue that it is a woman's reproductive right. (wikipedia.org)
  • Even with the most conservative statistical averaging method, we found a significant, 30 percent increase in the risk of breast cancer attributable to a woman's having had one or more induced abortions. (firstthings.com)
  • Abortion in UAE may be performed if the pregnancy continuation poses threat to the woman's life. (americanhospitalbangalore.com)
  • Let us tell you, abortion in India is available at the woman's consent only. (americanhospitalbangalore.com)
  • In Savage's history, a key player was Justice Powell, "the soft-spoken Virginian who was new to the court, [who] firmly supported a woman's right to abortion. (lifenews.com)
  • The Roe opinion said that for the first three months of a pregnancy, states must 'leave the abortion decision to the best medical judgment of the pregnant woman's attending physician,'" although in a memo to Blackmun's colleagues, "he voiced uncertainty. (lifenews.com)
  • They are available only at the government hospitals where abortions are essential to protect the woman's life. (americanhospitalbangalore.com)
  • In Yemen, abortion is legal only to prevent a direct threat to a woman's life. (speakactchange.org)
  • Therefore, safe abortion should be a woman's human right and available without unreasonable restriction and on request. (speakactchange.org)
Mifepristone and misoprostol4
  • Early medical abortion using mifepristone and misoprostol requires less provider involvement, is highly effective and can largely be managed by women themselves. (fiapac.org)
  • The abortion pill is also known as medical abortion , using two drugs, mifepristone and misoprostol, to terminate a pregnancy. (mypositiveoptions.org)
  • For the past several years, the majority of abortions in America have been performed chemically, through the use of abortion medication - the combination of the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol. (thetransom.com)
  • We offer same-day abortion services using medical abortion pills in Saudi Arabia using mifepristone and misoprostol. (safeabortionsclinic.com)
Post-abortion care3
  • Provision of information, abortion management (including induced abortion and care related to pregnancy loss), and post-abortion care. (srhr.org)
  • It may be used for early pregnancy loss (miscarriage) management, induced abortion, post abortion care (if incomplete or missed), or to obtain samples for endometrial biopsy. (dktwomancare.org)
  • However, post abortion care in these cases is available in only two health facilities: Sana'a and Aden, which are not accessible nor affordable to everyone. (speakactchange.org)
Gestation3
  • Prior to 1997 total abortion data did not include abortions in the earlier gestation age performed by vacuum-aspiration method. (who.int)
  • Coverage: Abortions on request (induced) of the woman until the 12th week of gestation. (who.int)
  • They know that almost all of Europe has outlawed the practice long ago, and that liberal states share the embarrassing company of human rights abusers like North Korea and China as being among only seven countries that permit abortion after 20 weeks gestation. (washingtonstand.com)
Illegal abortions3
  • The distinction between legal and illegal abortions had always been gray. (cdlib.org)
  • The measure, HB 481, is the most extreme abortion ban in the country-not just because it would impose severe limitations on women's reproductive rights, but also because it would subject women who get illegal abortions to life imprisonment and the death penalty. (metafilter.com)
  • Studies show that prior to Roe v. Wade , licensed physicians performed the majority of illegal abortions. (catholicsistas.com)
Access to abortion3
  • Approximately 50% of OB-GYN residency programs are located in states with restricted or highly restricted access to abortion . (publicintegrity.org)
  • However, we do not accept references to "sexual and reproductive health," or other language that suggests or explicitly states that access to abortion is included in the provision of population and individual level health services. (who.int)
  • The United States believes in legal protections for the unborn, and rejects any interpretation of international human rights (such as General Comment 36 on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights) to require any State Party to provide access to abortion. (who.int)
Misoprostol9
  • If you have prolonged bleeding, too much bleeding (much more than a regular menstrual period), pain in your belly that does not go away after a few days of taking the Misoprostol, pain that is unbearable, fever, continued bleeding after three weeks, or pain when pushing on your belly, you may have an incomplete abortion. (womenonwaves.org)
  • How to use misoprostol (cytotec) to cause an abortion? (womenonwaves.org)
  • Which type of pill containing Misoprostol is the most effective to cause an abortion? (womenonwaves.org)
  • Our Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Abortion Clinic provides the safest and most advanced techniques for providing non-surgical, medical and surgical Abortion methods for early through late second trimester, including the Abortion By Pill Procedure (RU 486, Mifeprex, Mifepristone, early options French Abortion Pill), Tamoxifen, Methotrexate and Cytotec (Misoprostol). (abismoseditorial.com)
  • Cytotec misoprostol abortion pills in In Saudi Arabia, 82% of misoprostol users knew of another user 0.9% of 109 women who purchased medication abortion pills at pharmacies in Saudi Arabia. (safeabortionsclinic.com)
  • Abortion pills for sale in Bahrain, Cytotec misoprostol pills in Bahrain, abortion pills in Bahrain, Where can I buy abortion pills in Manama, Tablets to terminate unwanted pregnancy in Bahrain, Misoprostol, and Mifepristone. (safeabortionsclinic.com)
  • After having an abortion using Cytotec or misoprostol and mifepristone abortion pills in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, you will be able to have children. (safeabortionsclinic.com)
  • The "abortion pill" or medication abortion consists of two different drugs: mifepristone (Mifeprex) and misoprostol. (abortionlessfuture.com)
  • The use of misoprostol to terminate pregnancy is "off label," meaning the FDA has not approved this drug for abortion. (abortionlessfuture.com)
Procedure11
  • But the problem is, of course, that abortion is a medical procedure whose political and social significance sets it outside normal public health concerns"even, or perhaps especially, for the public health professionals who overwhelmingly support legalized abortion and who have proved willing to set aside their medical scruples whenever legalized abortion appears threatened. (firstthings.com)
  • The appeals court ruled that the teenager could temporarily leave government custody for an abortion procedure. (nbcnews.com)
  • He said delaying the procedure until she could be released to a U.S. sponsor would not impose an undue burden on the abortion right - a position that some conservative activists have since criticized as insufficiently hard-line. (nbcnews.com)
  • We also perform Same Day Abortion Procedure using medications that are taken on the first day of the office visit and will cause the Abortion to occur generally within 4 to 6 hours. (abismoseditorial.com)
  • Even though the lawsuit cites the four states that allow nurse practitioners to perform abortions, it utterly ignores the fact that three-fourths of the states do require trained medical doctors to provide this procedure. (womenofgrace.com)
  • Incomplete Abortion: One possible complication is an incomplete abortion, where not all pregnancy tissue is successfully removed during the procedure. (flowerstips.org)
  • During an exchange with Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), the congressman pressed Camp on a recording of her discussing a late-term abortion procedure that involves the crushing of the baby's skull in order for it to be removed from the uterus, in which she allegedly said , "Oh my God - I get it! (washingtonstand.com)
  • When Johnson referred to Roy's earlier line of questioning and asked Camp if crushing the skull is part of a late-term abortion procedure, she again evaded, saying, "I'm not a clinician. (washingtonstand.com)
  • A history of active medical problems may indicate that the patient needs to be medically stabilized prior to the abortion or have the procedure performed in a facility that can handle special medical problems. (medscape.com)
  • A brief physical examination is usually conducted prior to an abortion procedure. (medscape.com)
  • Conversely, expanding access to safe, legal abortion-a common medical procedure that carries very little risk when performed by a trained provider in an appropriate environment-is associated with improved maternal health outcomes. (bvsalud.org)
1000 live births1
Perform abortions7
  • in the end, the definition of a therapeutic abortion narrowed to conform to hospital policy and the space in which physicians could legally perform abortions shrank. (cdlib.org)
  • Private clinics are not allowed to perform abortions. (americanhospitalbangalore.com)
  • The latest move by Planned Parenthood, in conjunction with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), to force the state of Maine to allow non-doctors to perform abortions, is just another example of how feminists are putting women's lives at risk. (womenofgrace.com)
  • LifeSiteNews is reporting on the lawsuit filed last Wednesday challenging Maine's law that doctors perform abortions. (womenofgrace.com)
  • Apparently, allowing non-physicians to perform abortions is an exception to the feminist mantra that demands "competent service by well-trained physicians" for women's "reproductive health care. (womenofgrace.com)
  • This problem would be eliminated if they let nurses perform abortions. (womenofgrace.com)
  • Now imagine how much more likely this would be if we allow mid-wives to perform abortions when there is no doctor within 'hundreds of miles' to treat her? (womenofgrace.com)
20222
  • The European Union's parliament on Thursday July 7, 2022 overwhelmingly condemned the end of constitutional protections for abortions in the United States and called for such safeguards to be enshrined in the EU's fundamental rights charter. (sandiegouniontribune.com)
  • Preliminary data originally published in February 2022 showed that medication abortion accounted for 54% of all abortions in the US. (thetransom.com)
Infection7
  • In rare cases, issues such as heavy blood loss, infection, or incomplete abortion may occur. (rideonutv.rentals)
  • The term "septic abortion" refers to a spontaneous miscarriage or therapeutic/artificial abortion complicated by a pelvic infection. (medscape.com)
  • In septic abortion, infection usually begins as endometritis and involves the endometrium and any retained products of conception. (medscape.com)
  • Two major factors contribute to the development of septic abortion: retained products of conception and infection introduced into the uterus. (medscape.com)
  • Introduction of infection into the uterus: Pathogens causing septic abortion usually are mixed and derived from normal vaginal flora and sexually transmitted bacteria. (medscape.com)
  • Septic abortion is serious uterine infection during or shortly before or after a spontaneous or an induced abortion. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Septic abortion is usually obvious clinically, typically based on finding symptoms and signs of severe infection in women who are or recently were pregnant. (msdmanuals.com)
Guttmacher Institute3
  • A January 2011 fact sheet by the pro-abortion rights Guttmacher Institute listed all the reasons that women who have had an abortion give for their unexpected pregnancy, and not one of them is lack of access to contraception. (scienceblogs.com)
  • According to the Guttmacher Institute and World Health Organization (WHO), 56 million induced abortions took place annually in the world in 2010-2014. (speakactchange.org)
  • 1) Even Planned Parenthood's research lapdog, the Alan Guttmacher Institute, published stats that abortion deaths fell from around 200 in 1965 to 110 in 1967. (catholicsistas.com)
Constitutional right to abortion3
  • In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson ruling struck down the constitutional right to abortion , society has been seeing the results of a post-Roe world. (publicintegrity.org)
  • That makes it difficult to say with certainty whether he would vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that established a constitutional right to abortion. (nbcnews.com)
  • In mid-May, Blackmun wrote "a first and tentative draft" for Roe vs. Wade that stopped well short of declaring a constitutional right to abortion. (lifenews.com)
Cervical1
  • Septic abortion could also result from an incomplete abortion that was secondarily infected due to an open cervical os. (msdmanuals.com)
Pills47
Complication4
  • Abortion may take place but present with a complication of incomplete abortion . (americanhospitalbangalore.com)
  • Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is the most common complication of septic abortion. (medscape.com)
  • A study that estimated the abortion complication rate on a total of 54,911 abortions, including those diagnosed or treated at emergency departments, found that abortion complication rates are comparable to previously published rates even when ED visits are included. (medscape.com)
  • The abortion complication rate for all healthcare sources came to 2.1% (n = 1156) for medication abortion, 1.3% (n = 438) for first-trimester aspiration abortion, and 1.5% (n = 130) for second-trimester or later abortions. (medscape.com)
Perforation1
  • Perforation of the uterus during the abortion typically causes severe pelvic or abdominal pain. (msdmanuals.com)
Majority of abortions1
  • The majority of abortions in the six states (63-83%) are done using MMA obtained in settings other than health facilities, including from chemists and other informal vendors. (guttmacher.org)
Gestational2
  • In some states, such as Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, abortion is banned beginning at six weeks gestational age, when very few women even know they are pregnant. (publicintegrity.org)
  • In both the public and private sectors, many facilities that offer abortion do not provide it beyond certain gestational ages that are well below the 20-week legal limit. (guttmacher.org)
Spontaneous abortion2
  • Uncomplicated incomplete abortion can result after an induced or spontaneous abortion (i.e. miscarriage). (srhr.org)
  • Septic abortions usually result from use of nonsterile techniques for uterine evacuation after induced or spontaneous abortion. (msdmanuals.com)
Induced abortions obtained1
  • This report summarizes and describes data voluntarily reported to CDC regarding legal induced abortions obtained in the United States in 2004. (cdc.gov)
Procuring induced1
  • Reasons for procuring induced abortions are typically characterized as either therapeutic or elective. (wikipedia.org)
Women's health3
  • In the past year, women's rights organizations and women's health advocates have brought numerous legal challenges to restrictive abortion laws . (publicintegrity.org)
  • Our Women's Health Center uses the latest medications for medical abortions (RU486, Mifeprex, Mifegyne, Mifepristone, early options French Abortion pill). (abismoseditorial.com)
  • Legal abortion safeguards women's health by giving them access to trained professionals who can end their pregnancy safely. (catholicsistas.com)
Contraception7
  • Lack of knowledge of contraception also isn't a reason that American women get abortions. (scienceblogs.com)
  • In the year 2000, Guttmacher experts reported: "Forty-six percent of women [seeking abortions] had not used a contraceptive method in the month they conceived, mainly because of perceived low risk of pregnancy and concerns about contraception. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Today, more than 40 percent of all abortions are repeat abortions, proving (despite abortion advocates' claims to the contrary) that widespread availability of abortion and contraception has in no way made people more sexually responsible. (catholicsistas.com)
  • Almost all facilities that provide abortion-related services in the six study states report offering contraception after an abortion or postabortion care, but the majority provide only some components of comprehensive contraceptive care. (guttmacher.org)
  • But, perhaps more importantly, what are we saying when we equate abortion with contraception? (bhekisisa.org)
  • The idea that women may weigh up the use of contraception and decide against it because abortion is available is based on a number of problematic assumptions. (bhekisisa.org)
  • The third assumption is that, in the rare cases where none of the gendered power relations are in operation, women will flippantly compare contraception with abortion, as if it is a choice between imbibing coffee or tea in the morning. (bhekisisa.org)
Medication6
  • However, medication abortions that are self-managed are highly effective and safe throughout the first trimester. (wikipedia.org)
  • Modern methods use medication or surgery for abortions. (wikipedia.org)
  • Guttmacher Institute's periodic census of all known abortion providers show that in 2020, medication abortion accounted for 53% of US abortions. (thetransom.com)
  • That year is the first time medication abortion crossed the threshold to become the majority of all abortions and it is a significant jump from 39% in 2017, when Guttmacher last reported these data. (thetransom.com)
  • Four other states, California, Oregon, Vermont and New Hampshire, allow "advanced practice nurse practitioners" - which includes nurse-midwives - to do both "aspiration and medication" abortions, the lawsuit states. (womenofgrace.com)
  • In uncommon instances, a surgical abortion may be required if the medication stops working to get rid of all the maternity tissue. (rideonutv.rentals)
Live births1
  • The abortion ratio, defined as the number of abortions per 1,000 live births, was 238 in 2004, a decrease from the 241 in 2003. (cdc.gov)
Safe abortions3
  • In most of these countries, religious, cultural or social beliefs hindered access to safe abortions. (speakactchange.org)
  • Posters plastered on a Johannesburg wall offering "safe" abortions. (bhekisisa.org)
  • Restrictions to legal, safe abortions are known to have serious repercussions for maternal and infant health. (bvsalud.org)
Confidential abortion3
Percent of abortions2
  • To go from 6 percent of abortions twenty years ago to 54 percent is a huge jump. (thetransom.com)
  • One study showed that 89 percent of abortions prior to 1973 were performed by a physician, with another 5 percent performed by a nurse or other medically-trained personnel. (catholicsistas.com)
Women56
  • The reasons why women have abortions are diverse and vary across the world. (wikipedia.org)
  • As of 2018[update], 37% of the world's women had access to legal abortions without limits as to reason. (wikipedia.org)
  • In some countries abortion is legal and women have the right to make the choice about abortion. (wikipedia.org)
  • CDC began abortion surveillance in 1969 to document the number and characteristics of women obtaining legal induced abortions. (cdc.gov)
  • The abortion rate was 16 per 1,000 women aged 15--44 years for 2004, the same since 2000. (cdc.gov)
  • Abortion surveillance in the United States continues to provide the data necessary for examining trends in numbers and characteristics of women who obtain legal induced abortions and to increase understanding of this pregnancy outcome. (cdc.gov)
  • Abortion rate, residents is abortions by residency per 1000 women ages 15-49. (johnstonsarchive.net)
  • Abortion rate, occurrences (AWR) is abortion occurrences from Abortion Worldwide Report figures per 1000 women ages 15-39. (johnstonsarchive.net)
  • Indeed, one in two women who get pregnant in their lifetime has an abortion, said Ekeus. (newsmax.com)
  • Abortion-rights activists wait for state lawmakers to arrive before a Senate vote on a ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy at the South Carolina Statehouse on May 23, 2023 in Columbia, S.C. A bipartisan group of five women led a filibuster that failed to block the legislation. (publicintegrity.org)
  • HB 481 would also have consequences for women who get abortions from doctors or miscarry. (metafilter.com)
  • Under current law, women in Georgia can seek an abortion during the first 20 weeks of a pregnancy. (metafilter.com)
  • In fact, 54 percent of women who had abortions had used a contraceptive method, if incorrectly, in the month they got pregnant. (scienceblogs.com)
  • More than half of women obtaining abortions in 2000 (54 percent) had been using a contraceptive method during the month they became pregnant. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Enabling these women to avoid an unintended pregnancy reduces the number of women and couples confronting the choice between turning to abortion and having a birth they did not intend to have. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Obviously, such women are going to show up very infrequently in a survey of women who have abortions. (scienceblogs.com)
  • There now stands an impressive total of thirty studies worldwide, twenty-four of which show increased breast cancer risk among women who have chosen abortion, seventeen of which are statistically significant on their own. (firstthings.com)
  • More recently, in December 1996, another study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute described a 90 percent increase in the risk of breast cancer in Dutch women who had had abortions. (firstthings.com)
  • As I write, the idea is being bruited about that women may not have the same freedom to cross state lines as men have, under the assumption that they may be seeking abortions. (historians.org)
  • A protocol for follow up of early medical abortion will be presented based on correct information given to the women (especially symptoms that must induce a visit to the emergency service) and serum HCG testing seven days after the medical abortion. (fiapac.org)
  • Though some women see ordering the abortion pill online as convenient, there are major risks to consider. (mypositiveoptions.org)
  • In Michigan, the law requires that women sign a consent form at least 24 hours prior to receiving an abortion. (mypositiveoptions.org)
  • In Dubai or any other part of the UAE, legal abortions for the above-mentioned circumstances are available only to married women. (americanhospitalbangalore.com)
  • On Thursday, February 8, 1951, police investigating "an abortion death" raided a "dilapidated hospital where at least two women underwent illegal operations and one had a baby which she surrendered for 'expenses. (jaxpsychogeo.com)
  • When cops raided Springfield Hospital, they found a 24 year old woman who'd just had an abortion and two older women, one of whom told them her husband "could not afford the expenses of a delivery. (jaxpsychogeo.com)
  • Your safe abortion options lie within a country that permits legal abortions to women from all across the world. (americanhospitalbangalore.com)
  • Women from Bahrain and other Gulf countries like the UAE , Kuwait , Qatar , Oman often travel to India for abortion trips. (americanhospitalbangalore.com)
  • EXPERT TIP: Does Abortion Really Empower Women? (lifeadvancementgroup.org)
  • For decades, legalized abortion has been slickly marketed or packaged by the radicalized feminist movement and the abortion industry as empowerment for women and freedom from the oppressive patriarchy. (lifeadvancementgroup.org)
  • Ironically, the very movement that claims to champion equality for women views women as inherently incomplete. (lifeadvancementgroup.org)
  • Denying women the ability to choose to end an unwanted pregnancy under safe and legal conditions is a violation of human rights and flies in the face of the empowerment agenda. (lifeadvancementgroup.org)
  • When it comes to abortion empowering women, the devil is in the details, as evidenced in a heartbreaking story told to me by a woman who approached me after I spoke at a church in Michigan. (lifeadvancementgroup.org)
  • The legal battle, which has been fought in three states and cost millions in attorneys' fees, shows how investors have come to view the desperation of pregnant women as an important problem to solve-but also a golden ticket. (thetransom.com)
  • It also significantly showed demands for abortion have not increased in countries such as Tunisia and Turkey where abortion was recently legalized, rejecting the myth that more women would seek abortion if it were legalized. (speakactchange.org)
  • Making abortion illegal forces women into dangerous back-alley abortions. (arcapologetics.org)
  • But the ACLU insists they have to ban this law in Maine because some women in rural areas are being forced to travel hundreds of miles to get an abortion. (womenofgrace.com)
  • In other words, "Planned Parenthood and the ACLU are so zealous about abortion rights that they would sacrifice the lives of pregnant women-to say nothing about their babies-in exchange for increasing the number of abortions. (womenofgrace.com)
  • Putting aside the known psychological consequences of abortion, there is plenty of evidence showing grave physical risks to women who have first-trimester abortions. (womenofgrace.com)
  • If abortion is illegal, women will resort to dangerous, do-it-yourself abortions or untrained, back-alley abortionists. (catholicsistas.com)
  • Abortion rights advocates have promoted the "legal equals safe" myth from the beginning, claiming that illegal abortion claimed the lives of 10,000 women per year prior to Roe v. Wade . (catholicsistas.com)
  • First, because women viewed criminal abortion as unseemly and dangerous, they were less likely to be promiscuous in the first place. (catholicsistas.com)
  • Our private abortion clinic in Saudi Arabia treats thousands of women who've decided that abortion is the right choice for them, not to mention free advice and counseling. (safeabortionsclinic.com)
  • But most women who have an abortions tend to cite concerns that are economic in nature-concerns over being able to afford a child, or worries that a baby would make it harder to provide for their family or harm their job prospects. (eppc.org)
  • Conservatives have struggled to put together a compelling slate of policies aimed at reducing the factors that make many women feel like abortion is the only choice for them. (eppc.org)
  • The court's jurisprudence on abortion, for example, affects women differently than men. (theconversation.com)
  • The abortion rate (the number of pregnancy terminations per 1,000 women aged 15-49) provides a means of comparing each of the study states directly. (guttmacher.org)
  • Most facilities that offer abortion turn away one or more women per year seeking to terminate a pregnancy. (guttmacher.org)
  • Facility respondents suggest that stigma and cost are some of the major barriers preventing women from seeking out and obtaining an abortion. (guttmacher.org)
  • But one pivotal part of that evidence deserves notice: the affidavits from one thousand women who regret their abortions, probably including some affidavits filed as a result of our January 16 BreakPoint. (breakpoint.org)
  • Maybe the court was unimpressed with these one thousand women, thinking that that is an inconsequential percentage of the tens of millions of women who have had abortions. (breakpoint.org)
  • Post-abortive women can clear their consciences -- first, by asking God's forgiveness, then by writing out their story and submitting it to help others avoid the abortion mistake, and one day to help overturn a very bad law. (breakpoint.org)
  • Women who have had an abortion may fill out either the Question Form or Story Form to submit their testimony. (breakpoint.org)
  • History in the Making ," The Justice Foundation press release, 17 June 2003 (includes "Legal Evidence Entered Into Court," excerpts from the more than one thousand women who have filed sworn affidavits as part of the Rule 60 court challenge). (breakpoint.org)
  • 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)
  • What the change in the law therefore means is that women requiring pregnancy termination would have to travel to other States in the US or possibly outside the country to seek safe abortion care, resulting in untold hardships. (bvsalud.org)
  • It would re-enact the case of another developed country like Romania that witnessed severe hardships and increased mortality of women after abortion became legally restricted in 1967 under President Nicolae Ceausescu4. (bvsalud.org)
Maternal4
  • 1 In the United States, the risk of maternal mortality is 14 times lower after induced abortion than after childbirth. (wikipedia.org)
  • Public health data shows that making safe abortion legal and accessible reduces maternal deaths. (wikipedia.org)
  • On May 21, 2005, Dr. Gunta Lazdane, European Regional Advisor to the World Health Organization on Reproductive Health and Research, told attendees at a conference on population that "up to 20 percent of maternal deaths are due to abortion, even in those situations where abortion is legal…there is a question whether legal abortion is safe. (catholicsistas.com)
  • its records show that beginning in 1940, the death rate from illegal abortion was falling faster than the overall maternal death rate. (catholicsistas.com)
Pregnant6
  • A larger proportion of pregnant teens has an abortion. (newsmax.com)
  • Although we now have more ways to see into a pregnant uterus, we are still afflicted with incomplete knowledge and frequent distortions of the biological processes involved in creating new people. (catholicsforchoice.org)
  • But last October, he took part in a high-profile court fight involving a pregnant undocumented teenager who wanted to obtain an abortion. (nbcnews.com)
  • Nothing could be added to this story to make it any worse, except for the pitiful fact that this scenario was repeated two more times during Laura's childhood: two more times she became pregnant by her mother's perverted boyfriends and underwent forced abortions! (lifeadvancementgroup.org)
  • Septic abortions are much more common after induced abortion done by untrained clinicians (or the pregnant woman herself) and without adequate surgical equipment and sterile preparation, usually because there are legal, health care access, or personal barriers to receiving professional medical care. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Roe vs. Wade is a well-publicized decision of the US Supreme Court in January 1973 in which the court ruled 7-2 that the US constitution protects the liberty of a pregnant woman to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restriction1. (bvsalud.org)
Ectopic pregnancy2
Medical22
  • There are no tests that can show that a woman has done a medical abortion. (womenonwaves.org)
  • What is a medical abortion? (womenonwaves.org)
  • How many weeks into your pregnancy can you do a medical abortion? (womenonwaves.org)
  • You can do a medical abortion at home until the 12th week of your pregnancy. (womenonwaves.org)
  • When you should not do a medical abortion? (womenonwaves.org)
  • Why shouldn't you be alone when you do a medical abortion and what if you do it alone anyway? (womenonwaves.org)
  • State laws on abortion provided exceptions for abortions performed for medical reasons, but when a therapeutic abortion was "indicated" was unclear. (cdlib.org)
  • These confusions or misunderstandings can impact medical and legal guidelines and underlie some of the inappropriate suggestions for regulation of abortion. (catholicsforchoice.org)
  • Arguments will be presented to reassure providers about the possibility to provide early medical abortion safely. (fiapac.org)
  • The second argument is the possibility of a reduced efficacy of medical abortion in the early period of pregnancy which was suggested in one study. (fiapac.org)
  • Finally very early medical abortion will also be considered in this presentation on the basis of recent studies. (fiapac.org)
  • County Medical Examiner R.Y.H. Thomas's autopsy, however, found Whitford's cause of death to be "fulminating septicemia" and "incomplete abortion, criminal," later reported as "acute septicemia due to abortion. (jaxpsychogeo.com)
  • Before considering abortion tablets, it is essential to consult with a certified health care expert that can examine your medical history and establish if it is a suitable option for you. (rideonutv.rentals)
  • Comprehensive Abortion Care covers various medical and surgical procedures for safe and legal pregnancy termination. (flowerstips.org)
  • The American Medical Association reported that the actual number of abortion-related deaths in 1950 was 263 and even those figures were dropping, with 119 deaths in 1970. (catholicsistas.com)
  • Medical abortions in Qatar are typically very safe. (safeabortionsclinic.com)
  • If a medical abortion is 'incomplete' then a surgical abortion might be required to complete the process. (hopepregnancy.org.uk)
  • Induced abortion has been legal in India on a broad range of grounds since the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act was passed in 1971. (guttmacher.org)
  • Facility-based abortions are done using either a surgical method, such as vacuum aspiration, dilatation and curettage (D&C) and dilatation and evacuation (D&E), or medical methods of abortion (MMA). (guttmacher.org)
  • If abortion presents a medical risk to the patient, then continuation of the pregnancy presents an even greater risk. (medscape.com)
  • Medical abortion is contraindicated in patients with clotting disorders, severe liver disease, renal disease, cardiac disease, and chronic steroid use. (medscape.com)
  • Medical management of abortion generally involves. (bvsalud.org)
Therapeutic abortions1
  • These abortions have been termed therapeutic abortions. (medscape.com)
Clinic7
  • Whether you are looking for an abortion doctor in Dubai or an abortion clinic near you in Dubai , you must know abortions in Dubai are illegal . (americanhospitalbangalore.com)
  • 3. Blackmun came back from a summer spent researching the history of abortion at the Mayo Clinic library [a history which was laughably incomplete, one-sided, and inaccurate]. (lifenews.com)
  • For latest brand, send us .clinic abortion also available. (abismoseditorial.com)
  • The Women's Center of Hyde Park (Tampa Abortion Clinic). (abismoseditorial.com)
  • In 1989, the Miami Herald ran a story about a local abortion clinic whose conditions were heinous. (catholicsistas.com)
  • After one woman died and another was maimed, the Herald ran a story on the clinic, which forced abortion advocates to respond. (catholicsistas.com)
  • No follow-up clinic after - to check the abortion is 'complete' (count that all baby body parts are expelled). (hopepregnancy.org.uk)
Pill12
Uterus1
  • Burke cites a case in Arizona where a woman bled to death following an abortion that left her with a two-inch laceration in her uterus. (womenofgrace.com)
Elective abortion1
  • Mike Spencer is the president of Project LifeVoice, a gospel driven ministry that inspires and equips pro-life ambassadors to speak intelligently and to act sacrificially on behalf of the most vulnerable among us, our preborn neighbors whose lives are targeted by elective abortion. (lifeadvancementgroup.org)
Trimester2
  • To be exact, they want nurse practitioners and nurse midwives to perform first trimester abortions, thus increasing the pool of abortionists," Donohue points out. (womenofgrace.com)
  • Among facilities that offer abortion, the majority of CHCs and PHCs-and many public and private hospitals-provide it only during the first trimester. (guttmacher.org)
Court's2
  • The Supreme Court's overturning of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision has emboldened abortion opponents around the world. (sandiegouniontribune.com)
  • In retrospect, this proved to be a crucial time in the court's handling of the abortion issue. (lifenews.com)
Restrictive abortion laws1
  • In truth, restrictive abortion laws have never been known to reduce women's desire to seek induced abortion, anywhere. (bvsalud.org)
19903
  • During 1990--1997, the number of legal induced abortions gradually declined. (cdc.gov)
  • Until 1990 includes all abortions. (who.int)
  • The situation changed from 1990 when the restriction on abortion was lifted following the Romania revolution. (bvsalud.org)
Equate abortion1
  • Those who oppose abortion often argue that an embryo or fetus is a person with a right to life, and thus equate abortion with murder. (wikipedia.org)
Restrictions4
  • This has led to a patchwork of laws that span the entire range from complete bans and tight restrictions to full state protection for abortion. (publicintegrity.org)
  • Then, there are legal restrictions regarding the hospitals where the abortion may be performed. (americanhospitalbangalore.com)
  • Later, near the end of the hearing, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) asked Camp if there were any restrictions on abortion that her organization would support. (washingtonstand.com)
  • Camp went on to refuse to directly answer questions on if her organization would support sex-selective abortions, restrictions after 20 weeks, and parental consent laws for minors obtaining abortion. (washingtonstand.com)
Pregnancy and abortion2
  • In questioning each woman about her pregnancy and abortion, the prosecutor emphasized that these abortions had not been performed for any physical reason. (cdlib.org)
  • This fact sheet summarizes the findings of a study titled Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion in India, which provides the first comprehensive estimates of the incidence of abortion and unintended pregnancy and of the provision of induced abortion and postabortion services in Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. (guttmacher.org)
Vacuum aspiration2
  • The treatment for incomplete abortion is called a vacuum aspiration, or "curettage. (womenonwaves.org)
  • The vacuum aspiration technique is recommended by WHO to manage incomplete, missed or induced abortion. (dktwomancare.org)
Deaths2
  • In 2003, as in the previous years, deaths related to legal induced abortions occurred rarely. (cdc.gov)
  • Why so few deaths from illegal abortion? (catholicsistas.com)
Legally3
  • 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)
  • In Dubai, abortions when legally permissible can only be performed for up to 120 days of pregnancy. (americanhospitalbangalore.com)
19711
  • The justices first agreed to hear a challenge to Texas' and Georgia's abortion laws in June 1971. (lifenews.com)
History of abort1
Decisions regardin1
  • The Dobbs v. Jackson ruling returned decisions regarding abortion to individual states. (publicintegrity.org)