• As states continue to take up strict anti-abortion legislation, more women are turning to the abortion pill - a two-drug combination that can be taken up to 10 weeks in pregnancy. (politifact.com)
  • In response, anti-abortion activists have suggested that medication abortion is reversible with a treatment that involves doses of progesterone, the hormone that helps maintain a pregnancy. (politifact.com)
  • When Texas enacted a ban on abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy , an international women's health advocacy nonprofit organization saw a 1,100% increase in orders for so-called abortion pills. (politifact.com)
  • As of 2020, the method became the most common way to terminate a pregnancy in the United States, according to data by the Guttmacher Institute , a pro-abortion rights research organization. (politifact.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 1987, approximately half of all abortions were performed before the eighth week of gestation, and greater than 85% were performed during the first trimester of pregnancy ( less than 13 weeks of gestation). (cdc.gov)
  • When Ron DeSantis seemed to say during last week's Republican presidential debate that he would support a federal ban on abortion at 15 weeks of pregnancy, some anti-abortion activists called it the news they had been waiting months to hear. (ap.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)
  • An abortion is a procedure to end a pregnancy. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Medication abortion, which uses medicines to end the pregnancy. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Procedural abortion, a procedure to remove the pregnancy from the uterus. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Abortion Abortion is defined in several ways all of which stop a pregnancy. (bartleby.com)
  • People in huge numbers feel it to be evil as it kills an unborn child for no reason, abortion affects society by teaching the youth that there is a way out of pregnancy. (bartleby.com)
  • Abortion the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy. (bartleby.com)
  • Abortion is defined as the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy. (bartleby.com)
  • The Supreme Court may have struck down abortion regulations that would have shut down all but five clinics providing termination of pregnancy services in Texas, but there's always going to be new abortion regulations in Texas. (gawker.com)
  • Depending on whom you talk to, this is either a gross intimidation tactic by the state or a necessary practice to verify that clinics are complying with a previously enacted state law that bans abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. (gawker.com)
  • An abortion is a health service, by medication or procedure, that ends a pregnancy. (ohsu.edu)
  • How late in pregnancy can I get an abortion in Oregon? (ohsu.edu)
  • Abortion is legal in Oregon at all stages of pregnancy. (ohsu.edu)
  • If you are 11 weeks (77 days) or less into your pregnancy, you can use medication to have an abortion. (ohsu.edu)
  • A medication abortion uses two medications, taken as pills, to end a pregnancy. (ohsu.edu)
  • Medication abortions are also done later in pregnancy. (ohsu.edu)
  • The Institute's work examines the incidence of abortion, access to care and barriers to obtaining services, factors underlying women's decisions to terminate a pregnancy, characteristics of women who have abortions and the conditions under which women obtain them. (guttmacher.org)
  • Abortions in the United States are happening earlier in pregnancy than they used to: Two-thirds occur within the first eight weeks of pregnancy. (guttmacher.org)
  • If you experience an unplanned pregnancy, you may consider the option of having an abortion. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • Abortion , including access to legal, safe procedures to end a pregnancy, is one reproductive right, but there are others. (webmd.com)
  • In 1821, America's first statutory abortion regulation was enacted in Connecticut in order to protect women from abortion inducement through poison administered after the fourth month of pregnancy. (findlaw.com)
  • If you succeed in making it more expensive or more difficult for a woman to have a pregnancy terminated by placing more and more barriers in her way, you will see an increase in self-induced or back-alley abortions, especially among low-income North Carolinians," he warned. (wral.com)
  • Abortion is the induced termination of a pregnancy , [1] often causing fetal pain . (conservapedia.com)
  • And when it comes to that, 18,150 abortions occur after the 21st week of pregnancy [8] - the earliest point children can be born prematurely and live. (conservapedia.com)
  • [9] An additional 45,980 abortions occur in the 16th-20th weeks of pregnancy. (conservapedia.com)
  • [8] These are 60 thousand abortions each year that are clearly murder, since the child is at or near the same stage of pregnancy as children born prematurely via C-Section. (conservapedia.com)
  • [14] ( See History ) Gallup polling in 2012 reveals that just 24% of Americans support abortion after the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, [15] even though abortion is allowed in all 9 months. (conservapedia.com)
  • An amendment to the constitution of the US state of Ohio, which passed in a referendum on November 7, 2023, does not allow abortion through the full term of a pregnancy , contrary to what is claimed by posts on social networks. (yahoo.com)
  • But it was suspended in October 2022 after State Judge Christian Jenkins issued a ruling to allow pregnant people to access abortion up to approximately 22 weeks of a normal pregnancy of 39 to 40 weeks. (yahoo.com)
  • Hill said the law in Ohio had previously allowed for abortions to protect the pregnant patient 'and there were no abortions in Ohio after 24 weeks of pregnancy for the past several years. (yahoo.com)
  • There is no such thing as an abortion at 9 months of pregnancy. (yahoo.com)
  • Despite passing the U.S. House of Representatives, a bill to prohibit abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy faces an uncertain. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • Supporters of abortion rights believe that pro-life legislators in Virginia and elsewhere around the country are using retroactive regulations to get around constitutional guarantees to abortion on demand during the first trimester of pregnancy. (reason.com)
  • Eliminating the Hyde Amendment and covering all pregnancy-related care, including abortion, is critical to achieve true reproductive justice and liberation. (newsweek.com)
  • Under current law, women in Georgia can seek an abortion during the first 20 weeks of a pregnancy. (metafilter.com)
  • An abortion is when a person chooses to end their pregnancy. (1177.se)
  • At the abortion clinic, a midwife or doctor will examine you to determine how far along you are in the pregnancy. (1177.se)
  • You can have an abortion up to the 18th week of pregnancy. (1177.se)
  • It is possible to have an abortion after the 18th week of pregnancy. (1177.se)
  • In the new legal climate, clinicians in states where abortion is illegal may well want to put more emphasis on preconception counseling, so more of their patients with high-risk conditions are aware of the new barriers to pregnancy termination. (medscape.com)
  • Candidatus Rickettsia asemboensis ' and Wolbachia tion and pregnancy loss (spontaneous abortions and spp. (cdc.gov)
  • Abortion is ending a pregnancy using medicine or surgery. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Abortion with medicine (pills) is usually only done in the first 9 to 11 weeks or so of pregnancy. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Later in pregnancy, abortions are more complicated and usually have to be done surgically. (msdmanuals.com)
  • However, you should keep in mind that using birth control to prevent pregnancy is safer than having an abortion. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Since the diagnosis of high-risk pregnancy, it was necessary for the pregnant woman to remain hospitalized, in absolute rest, in order to avoid a late abortion or a premature birth. (bvsalud.org)
  • More than 40% of all women will end a pregnancy by abortion at some time in their reproductive lives. (medscape.com)
  • This study showed that medical abortion is effective even in very early pregnancy, when the location of the pregnancy cannot be confirmed by ultrasound. (medscape.com)
  • Compared with a later stage of pregnancy, medical abortion at an earlier stage may cause less pain and bleeding. (medscape.com)
  • Appropriate patient selection (no increased risk for or symptoms of ectopic pregnancy , appropriate follow-up to confirm successful abortion, patient compliance) is obviously important. (medscape.com)
  • Medical Abortion in Very Early Pregnancy - Medscape - Mar 27, 2018. (medscape.com)
  • He is now the target of attacks by Democrats , who claim that Romney is trying to 'cover up' his true position in order to win women voters, and abortion rights activists like Planned Parenthood, who said Romney was being 'dishonest' about his stance. (go.com)
  • During the fiercely conservative Republican primary last year, Romney expanded that view to include cutting all federal funding for Planned Parenthood, reversing Roe v. Wade 'because it is bad law and bad medicine,' and ending funding for any international aid program that 'promotes or performs abortions on women around the world. (go.com)
  • While they could stop performing abortions to avoid the changes, Kathryn Hearns, a Planned Parenthood worker in Hidalgo County, told ABC News-Univision earlier this month that abortions are a vital part of what they offer. (go.com)
  • Investigators with the California Department of Justice on Tuesday raided the home of David Daleiden, the anti-abortion activist behind a series of undercover videos targeting Planned Parenthood, the activist said. (newstarget.com)
  • Recently, The New Yorker published a piece defending Planned Parenthood and the services they provide, arguing that any move to defund or eliminate the nonprofit would result in "more abortions. (newstarget.com)
  • Although Planned Parenthood likes to claim that abortion accounts for just 3% of its services, according to its 2007-08 budget, it received $1.038 billion of revenue, and half to two-thirds relates to its abortion services. (conservapedia.com)
  • Abortion rights advocates showing a pack of abortion pills demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 1, 2021, as the court hears arguments in a case from Mississippi, where a 2018 law would ban abortions after 15 weeks. (politifact.com)
  • WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is returning to a new term to take up some familiar topics - guns and abortion - and concerns about ethics swirling around the justices. (ap.org)
  • quicklist: 1title: 1994: 'Abortion Should Be Safe and Legal in This Country'text: In a now-notorious debate while running for Senate in 1994, Romney said he 'believe[s] that abortion should be safe and legal in this country' and expressed support for the 1973 Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal. (go.com)
  • The Supreme Court on Monday overturned an odious Texas law that made it close to impossible for women to obtain abortions within the state, deeming the law's "substantial burdens" unconstitutional in a 5-3 majority opinion authored by Justice Stephen Breyer. (gawker.com)
  • Since the Supreme Court handed down its 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, states have enacted more than 1,000 bills related to abortion. (ncsl.org)
  • States move to protect abortion rights in face of challenge at Supreme Court. (berkeley.edu)
  • In Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization , the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade , the case in which it had recognized a federal constitutional right to post-viability abortions. (findlaw.com)
  • Since the Supreme Court decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organizatio n on June 24, 2022, states are free to regulate and even prohibit abortion. (findlaw.com)
  • [4] In a pro-life victory on June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court reversed the pro-abortion Roe v. Wade decision. (conservapedia.com)
  • The three restrictions violate women's due process rights under the Constitution and conflict with rulings by numerous courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, upholding a woman's right to seek an abortion before a fetus could viably survive outside the womb, Pratt wrote in her ruling. (chicagotribune.com)
  • States have been rapidly legislating and litigating reproductive rights in response to the June 24, 2022 US Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson which overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that had recognized abortion as a nationwide constitutional right since 1973. (yahoo.com)
  • Now as we approach the dismantling of Roe v. Wade by this Supreme Court, it is time for a radical change in logistics, structure, and funding strategy to ensure abortion care. (guidestar.org)
  • I suspect most of these extreme abortion bills that are getting passed lately are simply Supreme Court bait. (metafilter.com)
  • Under 50 years of Supreme Court precedent, this abortion ban is clearly unconstitutional," Young said in a recent interview with The Associated Press. (metafilter.com)
  • [ 1 ] Accurate statistics have been kept since the enactment of the 1973 US Supreme Court decisions legalizing abortions. (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)
  • In June 2022, a wave of shock rippled throughout the world as the US Supreme Court announced the reversing of landmark judgement Roe v Wade, removing the right to abortion from the US Constitution. (lu.se)
  • 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)
  • Several states enacted "trigger" laws prior to the court's June 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson decision, which overturned the federal constitutional right to abortion and returned authority to the states. (ncsl.org)
  • The recent demonstrations and debates on the right to abortion, are a reminder of the long road ahead to the guaranteeing universal reproductive health and rights and the importance of continued advocacy, notably on this International Safe Abortion Day (September 28 th 2022). (lu.se)
  • In the current context, where abortion rights being challenged all around the world, this September 28 th , 2022 - International Safe Abortion Day - is more important than ever. (lu.se)
  • As the world stands on this 28 th September 2022, we are all reminded of the importance of celebrating International Safe Abortion Day. (lu.se)
  • It is sometimes called a "medical abortion" or "abortion with pills. (medlineplus.gov)
  • There is a medical abortion involving drugs and there are surgical abortion involving a more invasive procedure. (bartleby.com)
  • There are different ways of abortion, which are spontaneous abortion, surgical abortion, and medical abortion. (bartleby.com)
  • Medical abortion is the most common method. (1177.se)
  • In a medical abortion, the doctor gives you medicine that makes your uterus contract and push the fetus out. (msdmanuals.com)
  • A recent systematic review [ 3 ] evaluated the efficacy of medical abortion before 42 days of gestation. (medscape.com)
  • The review summarizes the findings of six randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and nine prospective observational studies of mifepristone and misoprostol use for medical abortion. (medscape.com)
  • The pooled estimate of unsuccessful medical abortion was 0.02 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.01-0.03) in the RCTs and 0.04 (95% CI, 0.03-0.06) in the observational studies. (medscape.com)
  • The investigators concluded that mifepristone and misoprostol provide effective medical abortion for very early pregnancies (up to 42 days). (medscape.com)
  • Medical abortion can be more painful because the products of conception have to be expelled from the uterus, and it is accompanied by prolonged bleeding. (medscape.com)
  • Still, medical abortion obviates surgical complications and is significantly cheaper. (medscape.com)
  • 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)
  • She fears more women will go to Mexico for illegal and often unsafe abortions. (go.com)
  • Records indicate abortions occurred unregulated during the 1800s, and the number of deaths caused by complications from illegal and unsafe abortions is impossible to determine. (findlaw.com)
  • Illegal abortions are unsafe and account for 13% of all maternal mortality and serious complications. (medscape.com)
  • Restrictions or bans on abortion access only result in increasing unsafe abortions, which present a very high risk of harm or even death for women. (lu.se)
  • 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)
  • In the United Kingdom, 1 to 2% of abortions are done due to genetic problems in the fetus. (wikipedia.org)
  • Granting for the sake of argument that the fetus has a right to life , Thomson uses thought experiments to argue that the right to life does not include, entail, or imply the right to use someone else's body to survive and that induced abortion is therefore morally permissible. (wikipedia.org)
  • For the same reason, Thomson says, abortion does not violate the fetus's legitimate right to life, but merely deprives the fetus of something - the non-consensual use of the pregnant woman's body and life-supporting functions - to which it has no right. (wikipedia.org)
  • According to the Webster Dictionary abortion is the loss of the fetus or unborn child before it can live outside the womb. (bartleby.com)
  • Attitudes towards the moral status of the fetus and abortion have been recorded in every civilization in human history. (bartleby.com)
  • That not only flies in the face of the Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade decision, which says abortions are permissible until a fetus is viable outside the womb, typically around 24 weeks, but it's disputed by many doctors. (go.com)
  • Besides, the fetus is a nonsentient organism incapable of feeling pain during the various types of abortion procedures, so abortion is no big deal. (ewtn.com)
  • Indiana is now permanently barred from enforcing a restriction that would have banned abortions sought because of a fetus' genetic abnormalities, race, gender or ancestry. (chicagotribune.com)
  • The current law, passed in 1993, bans most abortions, with exceptions only made in cases of rape, if the mother's life or health is at risk, or if the fetus is irreparably damaged. (abc15.com)
  • In a surgical abortion, the fetus is removed from your uterus through your vagina. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The ancient Romans did not consider a fetus a person until after birth, and abortion was practiced widely. (medscape.com)
  • Women often pursue abortions through illegal means because of the few cases that allow abortions legally. (wikipedia.org)
  • It's up to lawmakers now to allow abortions in cases of rape and incest, but the government has already said it will appeal the ruling. (gawker.com)
  • Mustn't allow abortions as the Church says it's murder, but it is okay for the Church to commit murder by starvation! (berkeley.edu)
  • States So Inclined Would Allow Abortions. (berkeley.edu)
  • It is sometimes called a "surgical abortion. (medlineplus.gov)
  • The problem is, with the bill's requirements that abortion-performing clinics have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals and meet the same standards as surgical centers, many of those clinics will be forced to close. (go.com)
  • We offer surgical abortion services ( in-clinic abortion ) and/or medication abortion services ( abortion pill ) at five locations in the Chicago area and central Illinois. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • While abortion remains one of the most common surgical procedures in this country, abortion rates have declined. (kff.org)
  • Abortion is a completely unique surgical procedure, profoundly different in many ways from ethical surgery, as shown in Figure 61-1. (ewtn.com)
  • Senate Bill 924 reclassifies any health clinic that provides five or more first trimester abortions a month as an outpatient surgical center rather than a physician's office, which is the current classification. (reason.com)
  • There are medical abortions and surgical abortions. (1177.se)
  • A surgical abortion is a minor operation that is performed in a hospital. (1177.se)
  • A surgical abortion is often called a dilation and evacuation (D & E) or a dilation and curettage (D & C) with suction. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Also, for a surgical abortion, you may need treatment for a day or two to open up your cervix. (msdmanuals.com)
  • What happens during a surgical abortion? (msdmanuals.com)
  • A surgical abortion is usually done in an office or clinic. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The primary outcome in these studies was successful abortion (defined as no need for surgical procedures). (medscape.com)
  • A number of states have enacted legislation that would compel doctors to provide information on an 'abortion pill reversal treatment' when administering abortion pills. (politifact.com)
  • needs update] In turn, legislation on abortion is influenced by Islamic law. (wikipedia.org)
  • Afghan legislation is based heavily on Islamic views on abortion. (wikipedia.org)
  • Oct. 10, 2012 -- intro: Mitt Romney's stance on abortion came under scrutiny this week after the GOP challenger said he would not make abortion-related legislation part of his agenda if elected president. (go.com)
  • Guttmacher also tracks abortion-related legislation and policies at the federal and state level, promoting access to abortion services and making an evidence-based case against restrictions that limit access. (guttmacher.org)
  • In an apparent attempt to invoke action among abortion "rights" activists, Democratic National Committee Chair Debbi Wasserman Schultz, told The New York Times during an interview that she's witnessed "complacency" among pro-choice supporters regarding their efforts, or lack thereof, to strengthen abortion legislation, following the Supreme Court's historic 1973 ruling in the case Roe v. (newstarget.com)
  • About 10 abortion clinics remain in Texas following a string of closures that went into effect as a result of pro-life legislation passed in 2011 and 2013, which reduced funding for the facilities. (newstarget.com)
  • Ongoing litigation in several states will provide clarity on the enforcement of abortion legislation and the trigger laws. (ncsl.org)
  • NCSL will update this resource as decisions are made and as abortion legislation trends evolve. (ncsl.org)
  • Rape or life of the mother are extremely rare circumstances accounting for less than 1% of all abortions, with little bearing on the broader "abortion on demand" issue, particularly since all legislation the pro-life movement has been putting out recently has included exceptions for them, and many states had laws allowing abortion for such cases before Roe v. Wade - abortion was legalized for other reasons. (conservapedia.com)
  • In addition, we have legislation to safeguard a patient's right to obtain life-sustaining care, legislation to promote transparency in vaccines that are produced with abortion-derived cells, and legislation to increase education about adoption in public schools. (constantcontact.com)
  • 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)
  • What happens in a medication abortion? (ohsu.edu)
  • Medication abortion helps make this possible. (guttmacher.org)
  • PPIL provides in-clinic abortion services up to 19 weeks and 6 days gestation and offers medication abortion, also known as the abortion pill, up to 10 weeks gestation. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • 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)
  • When Mrs. K came into the primary care clinic where I work seeking a medication abortion, I was happy to help her through the process. (newsweek.com)
  • The day Mrs. K. came into clinic, we signed her up for emergency Medicaid and provided her medication abortion that same day with full insurance coverage. (newsweek.com)
  • For some, the weeks of delay spent raising money may make it too late for a medication abortion, or they may need to delay an abortion into the second trimester with even higher costs. (newsweek.com)
  • The state's Senate adopted a bill close to midnight on Friday that bans abortions after 20 weeks and will force the closure of all but a handful of the clinics that perform them. (go.com)
  • Around 73 million abortions are performed each year in the world, with about 45% done unsafely. (wikipedia.org)
  • [3] There have been more than 60 million abortions in the United States since 1973. (conservapedia.com)
  • Since the 1973 decision, approximately 1.3-1.4 million abortions have been performed annually in the United States. (medscape.com)
  • Using 1996 data, this translates into 3.89 million live births, 1.37 million abortions, and 0.98 million miscarriages. (medscape.com)
  • 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)
  • For abortion rights activists, the issue is equality. (politico.com)
  • Anti-abortion activists said Tuesday that they obtained 115 aborted babies from a driver for a medical waste company in late. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • On November 7, 2023 a referendum was put to voters, asking whether to include the right to abortion in Ohio's constitution under Issue 1 or the Ohio Reproductive Freedom Amendment (archived here ). (yahoo.com)
  • Purewal, N & Eklund, L 2023, Population Control and Sex-Selective Abortion in China and India: A Feminist Critique of Criminalisation . (lu.se)
  • Here is a rundown of Romney's stances on all things abortion-related, from supporting Roe v. Wade in 1994 to disavowing it in 2011, to backing away from any legislative changes in 2012. (go.com)
  • After debate moderator Anderson Cooper showed the clip of Romney saying in 1994 that 'we should sustain and support' Roe v. Wade, the Republican presidential candidate said that 'on abortion, I was wrong. (go.com)
  • It's true that polling on abortion attitudes is highly sensitive to question wording, but one of the simplest and cleanest questions is, "Do you support or oppose Roe v. Wade ? (motherjones.com)
  • Nate Silver's chart on the right, which aggregates multiple polls, shows the trend on this question clearly: whatever else the American public thinks about abortion, it supports Roe v. Wade by the whopping margin of 2:1. (motherjones.com)
  • Because Connecticut codified Roe v. Wade as a matter of state law, the Dobbs decision had no impact on Connecticut's abortion laws. (findlaw.com)
  • Rather than making abortion rare, the annual number of abortions has increased 1500% since Roe v. Wade . (conservapedia.com)
  • The constitutional right to an abortion in the United States granted via Roe v. Wade has never been a promise to actual abortion access due to cost, lack of insurance coverage, limited geography of clinics, and unending state-based restrictions by anti-choice politicians. (guidestar.org)
  • While that is currently illegal in Louisiana, our new " Stopping Illegal Sale of Chemical Abortion Act " authored by Senator Sharon Hewitt (R-Slidell) makes this a felony against those who sell the pill, strengthening the state's ability to stop this dangerous practice both now and if Roe v. Wade is overturned. (constantcontact.com)
  • So the high court's decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overturned Roe v Wade and leaves the legality of abortion up to the 50 separate state legislatures, "is very relevant to cardiologists specifically," said Haythe, who is director of cardiology in the cardio-obstetrics program at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York City. (medscape.com)
  • The 'Abortion Pill Rescue Network,' backed by anti-abortion organization Heartbeat International , claims on its website that abortion pill reversal is an 'effective protocol capable of reversing the effects of the abortion pill and giving women a chance to continue their pregnancies, but time is of the essence. (politifact.com)
  • Most abortions result from unintended pregnancies. (wikipedia.org)
  • Elective Abortion: Does It Affect Subsequent Pregnancies? (medlineplus.gov)
  • This fact sheet reviews abortion in the U.S. About half (49%) of the approximately 5.4 million pregnancies occurring in the United States each year are unintended. (kff.org)
  • Fifty-four percent (54%), or approximately 1.4 million, of these unintended pregnancies ended in abortion in 1996. (kff.org)
  • As a cardiologist who focuses a lot on high-risk pregnancies, I am worried and hesitant to give guidance to many of these patients in the states that may not have access to something which is a medical right, which at times is an abortion. (medscape.com)
  • Also, having an abortion doesn't raise your chance of problems with future pregnancies. (msdmanuals.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)
  • Pro-life advocates are urging an end to third-trimester abortions in response to the death of a 29-year-old woman who underwent. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • Approximately half of all abortions are performed with this method. (medscape.com)
  • The term "septic abortion" refers to a spontaneous miscarriage or therapeutic/artificial abortion complicated by a pelvic infection. (medscape.com)
  • We report a case of spontaneous abortion associated with Ticks Tick Borne Dis. (cdc.gov)
  • See Planned Parenthood's Budget ) Dr. George Tiller "estimated that he performed 250 to 300 late-term abortions in 2003, each costing an average of $6,000. (conservapedia.com)
  • When pursuing abortions, they many times need to use uneducated midwives who do not know how to properly perform the procedure or deal with complications. (wikipedia.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)
  • FCHC has had no deaths since opening in 2002, an outcome that is similar to the generally low rate of complications related to abortions performed in clinics. (reason.com)
  • More women have complications from delivering a baby than from having an abortion. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Abortion laws and cultural or religious views of abortions are different around the world. (wikipedia.org)
  • Federal and state laws, as well as insurers' coverage policies, shape the extent to which women can have coverage for abortion services under both publicly funded programs and private plans. (kff.org)
  • The heavy influence of religious beliefs on the law leads to strict laws surrounding abortion. (wikipedia.org)
  • I believe that the states, through the democratic process, should determine their own abortion laws and not have them dictated by judicial mandate. (go.com)
  • Romney said he would uphold his campaign promise not to change Massachusetts' abortion laws, even though that campaign pledge was preceded by Romney's statement that he would 'protect a woman's right to chose. (go.com)
  • Texas just passed one of the strictest abortion laws in the country. (go.com)
  • While Texas does skew more conservative than much of the nation when it comes to abortions, according to a University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll , just 38 percent of Texans want to make abortion laws stricter. (go.com)
  • it is not an exhaustive list of abortion laws. (ncsl.org)
  • Connecticut abortion laws are, generally speaking, among the least restrictive in the nation. (findlaw.com)
  • Connecticut had a hand in one of America's first abortion laws. (findlaw.com)
  • The earliest anti-abortion laws were intended to protect women from untrained abortionists. (findlaw.com)
  • Women's groups, along with doctors and lawyers, organized a movement to reform abortion laws. (findlaw.com)
  • States responded, reforming their laws about abortion, but women's rights groups continued to fight for unfettered access to abortion services for women. (findlaw.com)
  • The table below lists the basic provisions of Connecticut abortion laws. (findlaw.com)
  • See Abortion Laws and Abortion Rights FAQs to learn more. (findlaw.com)
  • Here is an overview of current abortion laws in Kansas. (findlaw.com)
  • Ireland's strict anti-abortion laws are under fire after an Indian woman living there died after being refused an abortion last month. (cnn.com)
  • Halappanavar died at the hospital, leading lawmakers to call for an investigation into what role abortion laws may have played in her death. (cnn.com)
  • In neighboring Northern Ireland, a lawmaker called for a review of abortion laws there, as well. (cnn.com)
  • Are Laws Regulating Abortion Adequate? (gale.com)
  • Texas has some of the most restrictive abortion laws, including banning state Medicaid coverage of abortion and even state-regulated private insurance coverage for abortion care. (newsweek.com)
  • Before the 19th century, most US states had no specific abortion laws. (medscape.com)
  • Women who seek an abortion, but do not have coverage for the service, shoulder the out-of-pocket costs of the services. (kff.org)
  • Connecticut does not have any of the major types of abortion restrictions-such as waiting periods, mandated parental involvement or limitations on publicly funded abortions-often found in other states. (findlaw.com)
  • What are the types of abortion? (msdmanuals.com)
  • After passionate debate, mostly from opponents, the state Senate voted just after noon today to override Gov., Bev Perdue's veto of H854, a bill that imposes new requirements and restrictions on women who seek abortions and doctors who provide them. (wral.com)
  • States that are hostile to abortion (have 4 or more abortion restrictions) have a worse wage gap than states that aren't hostile. (popsugar.com)
  • Birth control, such as the pill or intrauterine devices, can be used immediately following abortion. (wikipedia.org)
  • 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)
  • Reproductive rights are different in each state when it comes to access to abortion, birth control, and other reproductive health care treatments. (webmd.com)
  • You can visit FindLaw's sections on Abortion , Birth Control , and Health Care Law for additional articles and information on this topic. (findlaw.com)
  • 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)
  • Abortion ratios were higher among women of black and other minority races and among women less than 15 years of age. (cdc.gov)
  • Women undergoing legally induced abortions tended 1) to be young, white, and unmarried, 2) to have had no previous live births, and 3) to be having the procedure for the first time. (cdc.gov)
  • In 1969, CDC began abortion surveillance to document the number and characteristics of women obtaining abortions and to assist efforts to eliminate preventable causes of morbidity and mortality associated with abortions. (cdc.gov)
  • Total numbers of abortions were available from all reporting areas, most of which provided information on the characteristics of women obtaining abortions. (cdc.gov)
  • The national abortion rate decreased from 24 abortions/1,000 women ages 15-44 in 1985 to 23/1,000 in 1986 and increased again to 24/1,000 in 1987. (cdc.gov)
  • For women whose state of residence was known, approximately 92% had the abortion procedure done within their state of residence. (cdc.gov)
  • In both years, women 20-24 years of age had approximately 33% of all abortions, whereas women less than 15 years of age had approximately 1% (Tables 5 and 6). (cdc.gov)
  • The abortion ratio was highest for women less than 15 years of age and second highest for women 15-19 years of age. (cdc.gov)
  • Few legal cases allow women to seek abortion care. (wikipedia.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)
  • Many women would prefer not to have children, but lack knowledge on how to limit the number of children they have outside of abortion. (wikipedia.org)
  • Since women are typically unemployed, rounding up the funds for an abortion can be difficult. (wikipedia.org)
  • Donald Trump's bold and short-lived pronouncement that women who get abortions should be punished failed to translate for a coalition of anti-abortion groups that, looking to him as a sort of father figure, faced the harsh realization that he had no interest in raising them. (gawker.com)
  • Hey, seems like a good time for the Brazilian government to increase jail time for women who get abortions! (gawker.com)
  • The battle over abortion rights continues in North Carolina, where state law now requires doctors to send the ultrasounds of women seeking abortions to state officials. (gawker.com)
  • And not just women seeking abortions. (go.com)
  • Low-income and minority women are disproportionately more likely to lack health insurance, and many rely on healthcare clinics that also perform abortions for things like STD testing and cancer screenings. (go.com)
  • As Bloomberg News noted, some women who aren't near an abortion clinic or are too poor to afford one already turn to black market abortion-inducing pills at flea markets. (go.com)
  • Republican Sen. Glenn Hegar, the bill's author, said on the Senate floor Friday that it was not his intention for women to travel to Mexico or a flea market for an abortion. (go.com)
  • Women who choose or are considering abortion may feel a range of emotions. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • A renewed push to expand abortion coverage to military women who have been raped threatens upcoming defense spending and programmatic negotiations in Congress. (politico.com)
  • Repeated attempts to expand coverage of abortions for military women have been unsuccessful. (politico.com)
  • In the 1960s, women's rights organizations, including the National Organization for Women (NOW), lobbied for abortion law reform and filed lawsuits when lobbying efforts failed. (findlaw.com)
  • Breast cancer rates increase by more than six times for women who have abortion. (conservapedia.com)
  • Millions of women who had an abortion later suffer psychologically or physically from it, and support groups exist to help. (conservapedia.com)
  • [12] "Abortion doesn't solve your problems, it only creates different ones," warned a full-page ad by women who had abortions. (conservapedia.com)
  • Pratt's order also permanently blocks a requirement that abortion providers tell women that Indiana prohibits such abortions, and another provision that would have required that aborted fetuses be buried or cremated. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Is Abortion Harmful to Women? (gale.com)
  • Polish women again donned black and took to the streets on Sunday, launching another round of protests against efforts by the nation's conservative leaders to tighten Poland's already restrictive abortion law. (abc15.com)
  • WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Polish women put black clothes back on and returned to the streets Sunday, launching another round of protests against efforts by the nation's conservative leaders to tighten Poland's already restrictive abortion law. (abc15.com)
  • Official statistics show there were 1,040 legal abortions in Poland last year, although many more abortions are known to take place, with women or traveling to neighboring countries for the procedure or ordering abortion-inducing pills online. (abc15.com)
  • 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)
  • HB 481 would also have consequences for women who get abortions from doctors or miscarry. (metafilter.com)
  • Unfortunately," Haythe said, "many of the states that are going to make or have made abortion illegal are not providing that kind of preconception counseling or good prenatal care to women. (medscape.com)
  • Materials and methods: A multi-centre cross-sectional survey among abortion-seeking women (n = 623;14-47y) in Sweden, 2021. (lu.se)
  • This group was compared to women with a previous experience of 0-1 induced abortion. (lu.se)
  • Results: 67.4% (n = 420) reported previous experience of 0-1 abortion, and 25.8% (n = 161) ≥2 abortions (42 women chose to not respond). (lu.se)
  • More women in the group who had 0-1 abortion (n = 109/420) believed they could not become pregnant at the time of conception, compared to women who had ≥2 abortions (n = 27/161), p=.038. (lu.se)
  • Mood swings, as a contraceptive side-effect, were more often reported among women with ≥2 abortions (n = 65/161), compared to those with 0-1 abortion (n = 131/420), p=.034. (lu.se)
  • This chapter outlines some of the key concerns with criminalising sex-selective abortion (SSA) in China and India, highlighting that it offers no identifiable options for sustainable, women-centred, progressive change. (lu.se)
  • The rush on abortion pills wasn't a one-off. (politifact.com)
  • But the abortion reversal treatment seeks to help ensure that, and comes into play in the 24 to 48 hours between the two pills. (politifact.com)
  • Another priority for us is stopping the online mail-order sale of chemical abortion pills ( see TV interview on this ). (constantcontact.com)
  • Louisiana Right to life is tracking 11 bills through the Legislature this year, including a bill that would criminalize the sale of chemical abortion pills through the mail. (constantcontact.com)
  • Those who support the legality of abortion often argue that it is a woman's reproductive right. (wikipedia.org)
  • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Abortion opponents in Ohio are at odds not only over how to frame their opposition to a reproductive rights initiative on the state's November ballot but also over their longer-term goals on how severely they would restrict the procedure. (ap.org)
  • Anti-abortion groups fought back, arguing that a woman's right to reproductive freedom is no greater than the right of an unborn child to be born. (findlaw.com)
  • The newly passed amendment says that every individual has 'a right to make and carry out one's own reproductive decisions' on issues such as abortion, contraception, fertility-related treatments and miscarriages. (yahoo.com)
  • The National Network of Abortion Funds builds power with members to remove financial and logistical barriers to abortion access by centering people who have abortions and organizing at the intersections of racial, economic, and reproductive justice. (guidestar.org)
  • Abortion access and reproductive health care is a really, really good example of this. (popsugar.com)
  • The event became global in 2011 with the Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights declaring it an international day for advocacy and in 2015 September 28 th was officially named International Safe Abortion Day. (lu.se)
  • Public health data shows that making safe abortion legal and accessible reduces maternal deaths. (wikipedia.org)
  • Indeed, the World Health Organisation estimates that failure to provide safe abortion leads, each year, to between 14.000 and 39.000 maternal deaths worldwide. (lu.se)
  • Framing SSA as "female foeticide," "femicide," or "gendercide" is problematic, as such terms advance arguments for limiting women's access to safe abortion through the indication and synonymisation of abortion with the notion of killing. (lu.se)
  • Such a conflation of abortion and killing runs many risks in compromising the long struggles of feminist movements globally to defend access to safe abortion. (lu.se)
  • Thomson criticizes the common method of deducing a woman's right to abort from the permissibility of a third party committing the abortion. (wikipedia.org)
  • In most instances, a woman's right to abortion may hinge on the doctor's willingness to perform it. (wikipedia.org)
  • The law, titled the "Woman's Right to Know Act," requires a 24-hour waiting period before an abortion. (wral.com)
  • One can neither believe abortion to be good nor bad. (bartleby.com)
  • I believe abortion is murder. (bartleby.com)
  • If you believe abortion should be safe, legal, and rare" he said, referring to a common Democratic theme on the issue, "there's no reason not to support this bill. (wral.com)
  • [16] Just 25% believe abortion should be legal under all circumstances, and an additional 13% believe it should be legal under most circumstances. (conservapedia.com)
  • Most Americans believe abortion should usually be illegal save in rare cases. (conservapedia.com)
  • It's not an outside chance that two old white men will ensure women's right to abortion access is invalidated. (gawker.com)
  • [5] After communism was overthrown in Poland , abortion there declined by 99% after abortion was abolished, [6] and women's health has dramatically improved there due to fewer abortions. (conservapedia.com)
  • After last nights's 187th Republican presidential debate , SBNation's PFT Commenter asked Ben Carson-who thinks abortion should be outlawed even in cases of rape and incest-a very important question. (gawker.com)
  • Wilson said he expects a floor fight over the issue, adding he would prefer to ramp up prosecution of people who commit rape and incest than expand abortion coverage. (politico.com)
  • They unflinchingly demand that taxpayers fund abortions (no matter what their views on the issue), that the courts keep the abortion 'right' inviolable, and even that Catholic hospitals and physicians perform abortions. (ewtn.com)
  • I would argue that it is impossible to have an economic policy that's truly comprehensive or effective that does not include access to and coverage for abortion services. (popsugar.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)
  • Decisions regarding abortion can have serious consequences, both emotionally and legally. (findlaw.com)
  • Writing off abortion as a nice-to-have - i.e., saying that a candidate can get the support of the progressive left even if they're not staunchly on board with and fighting for open, affordable, and easy access to these legally-protected services - fundamentally misses one of the biggest contributors to the gender wage gap. (popsugar.com)
  • Death from abortion is almost unknown in the United States or in other countries where abortion is legally available. (medscape.com)
  • He also said he would be 'delighted' to sign a bill as president that would outlaw abortion, if there 'was such a consensus in this country that we said we don't want to have abortion in this country at all, period. (go.com)
  • Daniel said the bill is expected to reduce abortions in NC by 3,000 per year, but it does not outlaw them. (wral.com)
  • The latest round of demonstrations, held under the slogan "We are not folding up our umbrellas," was organized in response to a new proposal that would fall short of a total ban, but outlaw abortions in cases where fetuses are unviable or badly damaged. (abc15.com)
  • On Tuesday, Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed a "fetal heartbeat" bill that seeks to outlaw abortion after about six weeks. (metafilter.com)
  • Additionally, doctors, who are already required by the state's informed-consent law to provide medical details about the procedure, will now be required to tell a woman seeking an abortion that alternatives like adoption are available, that she may be able to get medical assistance, welfare, and food stamps to help her keep her child, and that the father of the child can be sued for child support. (wral.com)
  • State statutes require notification of at least one parent prior to an abortion, and mandate a 24-hour waiting period before the procedure. (findlaw.com)
  • Indeed, since 1974 state data show only three deaths during legal abortions. (reason.com)
  • The mortality rate related to induced abortion was 0.6 deaths per 100,000 abortions. (medscape.com)
  • Number of maternal deaths, abortion. (who.int)
  • 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)
  • Abortion is illegal in the country and can be punishable by prison. (bbc.co.uk)
  • A woman who seeks out an illegal abortion from a health care provider would be a party to murder, subject to life in prison. (metafilter.com)
  • She has colleagues in obstetrics in states where abortion is newly illegal who "don't know what to do," Bond said. (medscape.com)
  • But they also bristle at the idea of restricting abortion access severely. (go.com)
  • When a renowned abortion doctor opened a clinic in Ocala, Florida, he was seen as a public pest. (thenation.com)
  • Was it possible for Pendergraft to get a fair trial, one that had "nothing to do with abortion," in Ocala-where the last abortion clinic was burned to the ground in 1989, and no one was ever charged? (thenation.com)
  • As abortion clinic chain owner Edward Allred acknowledges, "We try to use the physician for his technical skill and reduce the one-to-one relationship with the patient. (ewtn.com)
  • What this means for my patients in Texas is that they might come into a clinic, undergo state-mandated counseling and unnecessary ultrasounds (additional barriers that Texas requires before obtaining an abortion), just to realize at the end of the day that they don't have enough money to pay for their abortion. (newsweek.com)
  • Contact an abortion clinic if you are considering having an abortion. (1177.se)
  • You go to the abortion clinic, where you are given a tablet that will induce abortion. (1177.se)
  • Some people may have to come back to the abortion clinic and finish the abortion there. (1177.se)
  • A counsellor at the abortion clinic will help you to apply for the abortion. (1177.se)
  • Abortion has two victims: the unborn child, and the mother who can never forget the loss she caused. (conservapedia.com)
  • [13] Abortion always ends the life of the unborn child, typically by dismemberment. (conservapedia.com)
  • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi has seen a consistent rise in the number of families accepting public assistance for child care since lawmakers banned abortion in almost all circumstances, with the sharpest increase coming after a child support policy change in May, the state human services. (ap.org)
  • 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)
  • For first-trimester abortions, the complication rate is 0.3 percent , throwing doubt on the safety argument. (reason.com)
  • This medicine makes the uterus contract to complete the abortion. (politifact.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)
  • It's a stark contrast to what my patients experience in Texas, where I regularly travel to provide abortion care. (newsweek.com)
  • We Testify, a program of the National Network of Abortion Funds, is dedicated to increasing the spectrum of abortion storytellers in the public sphere and shifting the way the media understands the context and complexity of accessing abortion care. (guidestar.org)
  • We Testify seeks to build the power and leadership of abortion storytellers, particularly those of color, those from rural and conservative communities, those who are queer identified, those with varying abilities and citizenship statuses, and those who needed support when navigating barriers while accessing abortion care. (guidestar.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)
  • I believe that abortion is the wrong choice except in cases of incest, rape, and to save the life of the mother,' Romney wrote. (go.com)
  • quicklist: 5title: 2011: 'I Will Support Efforts to Prohibit Federal Funding for Any Organization Like Planned Parenthood'text: Since 2005, Romney has consistently said that he is 'pro-life' and believes abortion should be legal only in the case 'of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother. (go.com)
  • An amendment sponsored by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) would allow the federal health care plans of servicewomen to cover abortions if they have been raped or are the victims of incest. (politico.com)
  • In other federal health care programs such as Medicaid, however, the Hyde Amendment also allows for coverage of abortions in cases of rape or incest. (politico.com)
  • Following the federal court's decision, a local law went into effect in Ohio banning most abortions -- even in cases of rape or incest -- as soon as a heartbeat can be detected, approximately six weeks after fertilization. (yahoo.com)
  • Last week, Senator Bernie Sanders drew criticism after a Wall Street Journal article cited his tepid response to vocally pro-choice candidate Jon Ossoff's campaign, while supporting Omaha Mayoral hopeful Heath Mello, who co-sponsored bills requiring physicians to offer medically-unnecessary , highly-politicized trans-vaginal ultrasounds before abortions. (popsugar.com)
  • There is debate over abortion with regard to moral, religious, ethical, and legal issues. (wikipedia.org)
  • Others favor legal and accessible abortion as a public health measure. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1986, 1,328,112 legal abortions were reported to CDC--0.03% less than the number reported for the previous year (1). (cdc.gov)
  • Although teenagers' abortion ratios were the highest during 1986-1987, the proportion of legal abortions they obtained continued to remain stable. (cdc.gov)
  • Teenagers had 25% of all legal abortions in 1986 and 26% in 1987. (cdc.gov)
  • The Repro Legal Helpline , 844-868-2812 , offers free and private help for those who want an abortion but can't tell their parents or guardians. (ohsu.edu)
  • Abortion is also legal in Washington. (ohsu.edu)
  • Abortion is legal in the U.S. and is one of medicine's safest procedures. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • Abortion is legal in Connecticut through viability. (findlaw.com)
  • Thereafter, abortion is legal only if necessary to preserve the life or health of the mother. (findlaw.com)
  • Purcell talked about watching patients die from self-induced abortions in the days before they were made legal. (wral.com)
  • Thereafter, abortion is legal only if the life of the mother is at risk. (findlaw.com)
  • You can also consult with a Kansas health care attorney in your area if you would like legal assistance regarding an abortion matter. (findlaw.com)
  • In Ireland, abortion is legal if the mother's life is at risk, which is different from her health being at risk, Holland said. (cnn.com)
  • An abortion to save the life of the mother is legal here, but the lack of clear guidelines has created such uncertainties and confusion amongst medical staff that such an occurrence could happen again," Anna Lo said. (cnn.com)
  • Historically, abortion was first made legal and unrestricted nationwide in the Soviet Union under Lenin and his Bolsheviks . (conservapedia.com)
  • Abortion was legal and easily available under communism in Poland, but after communism's fall in 1989 the country re-embraced many of its Catholic traditions. (abc15.com)
  • She is twenty-one years old, a legal adult, and she has decided that she is going to have an abortion. (chabad.org)
  • Legal abortions done by doctors in medical facilities are very safe. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The measure continues to prohibit abortion after 'fetal viability' -- approximately 22-24 weeks during gestation -- unless a doctor believes a pregnant patient's life or health is in danger, experts told AFP. (yahoo.com)
  • Views against abortion can lead to as much of an impact as a violent/non violent riots outside of an abortion clinics, to something as simple article in the newspaper. (bartleby.com)
  • A federal appeals court has ruled that Wisconsin's law requiring that abortion providers have admitting privileges at a local hospital-effectively and deliberately shutting down clinics in the state-is unconstitutional, reports the Associated Press. (gawker.com)
  • OHSU Family Medicine also offers abortion care at some clinics. (ohsu.edu)
  • Abortion clinics throughout the state have said compliance costs will force many of them to close and two out of 20 abortion clinics have already shut down, citing financial burdens related to the new regs. (reason.com)
  • Quigley and other supporters point to the deplorable conditions in abortion clinics such as the one run by Kermit Gosnell in Philadelphia. (reason.com)
  • Religious ethical committees must rule on the ethics and legality of the abortion before it can be carried out. (wikipedia.org)
  • That means many clinicians across specialties are entering uncharted territory with the country's new patchwork of abortion legality. (medscape.com)
  • Terrifying news out of Oklahoma: state legislators there passed a bill today that would make performing an abortion a felony punishable by up to three years in prison. (gawker.com)
  • By 1869, the Catholic Church declared abortion a sin punishable by excommunication. (medscape.com)