• Today, abortion is available on demand up to 12 weeks, until 18 weeks if the pregnancy resulted from rape or incest and any time, with a doctor's consent, if the women's health is in danger or the foetus is severely deformed. (ipsnews.net)
  • The Dutch abortion law does not apply because no treatment intended to end a pregnancy is provided in the Netherlands. (womenonwaves.org)
  • Italy legalised abortion on May 22, 1978 - exactly forty years ago today - allowing women to terminate in the first three months of pregnancy or after if the mother's life is at risk or there is an abnormal foetus. (euronews.com)
  • She needed financial support from family and friends, as well as from two abortion funds, in order to make the trip to end her pregnancy. (wxpr.org)
  • Translation: To avoid pregnancy, a woman should have anal sex before vaginal sex. (thenation.com)
  • Abortions will be performed for many reasons if it is an unwanted pregnancy for social and/or financial reasons or if there are medical circumstances with the child and/or the mother. (bartleby.com)
  • Pregnancy happens under different circumstances, some which are planned and some are unplanned and are unexpected, some women are unable to continue with their pregnancy and have no other choice. (bartleby.com)
  • A Texas judge ruled Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, the state's abortion ban has proven too restrictive for women with serious pregnancy complications and must allow exceptions without doctors fearing the threat of criminal charges. (wlns.com)
  • State District Judge Jessica Mangrum's ruling granted a temporary injunction that prevents Texas from enforcing the ban against physicians who in their "good faith judgment" end a pregnancy that, because of complications, creates a risk of infection or is otherwise unsafe for the woman to continue. (wlns.com)
  • The injunction also applies to women who have a condition "exacerbated by pregnancy" who can't be effectively treated during their term. (wlns.com)
  • The court found that the patients challenging the law each experienced "emergent medical conditions" during pregnancy that risked their health or lives "and required abortion care. (wlns.com)
  • On Wednesday, she testified in court about the impact of Texas' abortion ban on her pregnancy loss. (ksat.com)
  • Speaking to a packed Travis County courtroom Wednesday, three women detailed devastating pregnancy losses and said medically necessary care was delayed or denied due to their doctors' confusion over Texas' abortion laws. (ksat.com)
  • They're challenging a clause in the state's abortion ban that says a doctor can perform an abortion only if they believe the patient has "a life-threatening physical condition aggravated by, caused by, or arising from a pregnancy" that puts the patient "at risk of death or poses a serious risk of substantial impairment of a major bodily function. (ksat.com)
  • The state already banned nearly all abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, enforced entirely through private lawsuits. (ksat.com)
  • In 1998 the Portuguese Parliament approved a proposal for legal abortion on request up to 10 weeks of pregnancy, but later a national referendum was proposed to solve the matter This was the first referendum in the history of Portugal and the Government did not fully support the referendum, but the Catholic Church mobilized all its forces for No Vote. (womenonwaves.org)
  • The Arkansas law would only allow abortions for people who had health risks during their pregnancy. (truthout.org)
  • Florida's six-week abortion ban is not in effect, pending a lawsuit , but would enable the state to pursue felony charges against "any person who willfully performs or actively participates in a termination of pregnancy," it reads. (wowktv.com)
  • The Abortion Caravan would protest against the 1969 amendments to section 251 of the Criminal Code, which legalized abortion only in cases where pregnancy threatened the health of the mother. (wikipedia.org)
  • Project Mirar has created an 'abortion access tracking system' that is monitoring the implementation of the new abortion law, which recognises the right to terminate a pregnancy up to 14 weeks, without exception, and from 15 weeks in cases on certain grounds. (safeabortionwomensright.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)
  • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio Supreme Court justices vigorously questioned the state's lawyer Wednesday about a legal strategy that Ohio is attempting in hopes of reviving its law banning most abortions except in the earliest weeks of pregnancy. (wrbl.com)
  • The law, signed by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine in April 2019, prohibits most abortions once cardiac activity can be detected, which can be as early as six weeks into pregnancy, before many women know they're pregnant. (wrbl.com)
  • As California attorney general, she drew the ire of the state Catholic conference by sponsoring a bill compelling pro-life pregnancy centers advertise for "free or low-cost" abortion services. (ontheissues.org)
  • A supporter of abortion rights, Harris voted against a bill that would limit abortions to the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. (ontheissues.org)
  • Women who are coerced by the State into continuing an unwanted pregnancy against their will, similarly, have their lives put at risk. (ippf.org)
  • Pregnancy and childbirth are significantly more dangerous than abortion. (ippf.org)
  • One such case in Ireland, prior to 2019 abortion law reform, created public outrage in 2012, after Savita Halappanavar died of blood poisoning following a week spent in hospital being refused an abortion to end a pregnancy that threatened her life. (ippf.org)
  • This refusal of abortion care and the active criminalization of those who seek it, or even those seeking care for a miscarriage or abnormal pregnancy, is a form of State violence against women and others who can get pregnant, and international human rights bodies agree. (ippf.org)
  • For hundreds, if not thousands of years, women faced with an unwanted pregnancy have always at least considered abortion and some obtained them. (keepwomenhealthy.com)
  • To decriminalise abortion in Queensland would be to make it clear once and for all that women who terminate unwanted, unplanned pregnancy are not criminals. (greenleft.org.au)
  • Thailand has legalized early term abortions during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. (thailawforum.com)
  • However Thailand law has maintained criminal penalties for abortions that occur after 12 weeks of pregnancy punless the prgnancy falls into a specific exception. (thailawforum.com)
  • Oppose limiting abortions to under 20 weeks of pregnancy. (ontheissues.org)
  • Younger women (i.e., women less than 19 years of age) were more likely to obtain abortions later in pregnancy than were older women. (cdc.gov)
  • Actions Taken: An accurate assessment of the number and characteristics of women who obtain abortions in the United States is necessary both to monitor efforts to prevent unintended pregnancy and to identify and reduce preventable causes of morbidity and mortality associated with abortions. (cdc.gov)
  • 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)
  • We need to understand that a woman who does not mean to carry a pregnancy to term will terminate it and we would rather the method be safe. (co.ke)
  • Women have had a contraceptive method that have failed while others have been forced to have unprotected sex by their partners leading to a pregnancy they do not wish to keep. (co.ke)
  • House Republicans axed a section allowing minors to petition the court for an abortion up to 12 weeks of pregnancy. (columbian.com)
  • It is illegal in Northern Ireland to end a pregnancy unless it endangers the mother's life, though 65% of Northern Ireland's population supports abortion . (salon.com)
  • A year and a half after Abkhazia banned abortion, reportedly to increase the number of births, reports of women's deaths and pregnancy complications have became more numerous, while the number of babies being born has not increased. (civil.ge)
  • Other states like Illinois, New York and Maine have protective policies but abortion is banned at fetal viability, which is generally between 24 and 26 weeks of pregnancy. (globalnews.ca)
  • Among immediate vaccinated women, 45% (14/31) reported pregnancy loss, compared with 33% (11/33) of unvaccinated women with contemporaneous pregnancies (relative risk 1.35, 95% CI 0.73-2.52). (cdc.gov)
  • However, little information on the safety of the vaccine for pregnant women is available, making decisions about vaccination during pregnancy challenging. (cdc.gov)
  • In the Sierra Leone Trial to Introduce a Vaccine against Ebola (STRIVE) ( 10 , 11 ), some women were enrolled who were inadvertently vaccinated early in pregnancy, and some women became pregnant ≤60 days after enrollment or vaccination. (cdc.gov)
  • STRIVE followed these women for pregnancy outcomes. (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)
  • Unwanted pregnancy is a serious consequence for women who experience sexual violence. (bvsalud.org)
  • A cross-sectional epidemiological study with a convenience sample of adolescents and women with pregnancy due to sexual violence and requesting legal abortion between August 1994 and December 2012, at Hospital Pérola Byington, São Paulo, Brazil. (bvsalud.org)
  • Abstract Objective To evaluate the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the care of patients with miscarriage and legal termination of pregnancy in a university hospital in Brazil . (bvsalud.org)
  • Dependent variables were abortion -related complications and legal interruption of pregnancy . (bvsalud.org)
  • Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy before the fetus has attained viability. (who.int)
  • Abortion-related deaths from 2019 were assessed as part of CDC's Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System (PMSS). (cdc.gov)
  • It comes amid a publicity drive from anti-abortion organisations that are attempting to demonise women who terminate, according to Silvana Agatone, president of LAIGA, an association of gynaecologists that supports abortion rights. (euronews.com)
  • Anti-abortion groups say they hope the number of conscientious objectors increases and that women's choice should end when another life is involved. (euronews.com)
  • Agatone's claims come amid a publicity drive by anti-abortion organisations such as ProVita Onlus and CitizenGo. (euronews.com)
  • Agatone said the increasing number of conscientious objectors and the prominence of anti-abortion groups means abortion rights for women are at the worst level since terminations were legalised 40 years ago. (euronews.com)
  • Donadio said the rise of populism has also helped foster the growing influence of anti-abortion groups. (euronews.com)
  • However anti abortion groups started calling for referenda on the abortion issue. (womenonwaves.org)
  • Interestingly enough it is usually the anti abortion groups that have the political power to set the agenda for these referenda. (womenonwaves.org)
  • In 2001 after the Swiss government finally agreed to liberalize the abortion law, anti-abortion groups succeeded to force a referendum to prevent the law from taking effect. (womenonwaves.org)
  • Religious anti-abortion groups usually have access to large financial means. (womenonwaves.org)
  • While all GOP candidates consider themselves to be anti-abortion, some have endorsed national bans, while others have not . (wowktv.com)
  • At the time of the abortion caravan there were also a number of anti-abortion organizations who wished to eliminate access to abortions in Canada. (wikipedia.org)
  • To this day, there are abortion rights and anti-abortion organizations working to promote their positions, including Action Canada's celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1970 Abortion Caravan. (wikipedia.org)
  • As California state attorney general, she launched an investigation of anti-abortion activist David Daleiden, whose undercover videos later sparked charges of breaking privacy laws. (ontheissues.org)
  • Ban anti-abortion limitations on abortion services. (ontheissues.org)
  • Voters recently rejected a gubernatorial candidate with a solid, anti-abortion record because they want the state's leadership to focus on fixing the budget and creating jobs. (aclu-il.org)
  • Join us Wednesday, March 23rd for a rally in Naperville , home of the chief sponsor of the anti-abortion legislation. (aclu-il.org)
  • In the first case of its kind in Britain, Ealing council on Tuesday unanimously voted to block protesters from standing within 100 meters (328 feet)of a Marie Stopes clinic after clashes between pro- and anti-abortion campaigners intimidated clients. (medscape.com)
  • Abortion has been legal in Britain since 1968 for pregnancies up to 24 weeks but the volume and ferocity of anti-abortion protests have been increasing, campaigners said. (medscape.com)
  • In Ealing, pro-choice Sister Supporter activists form a picket line to stop anti-abortion Good Counsel Network campaigners approaching women on their way into the clinic, brandishing graphic images of aborted fetuses. (medscape.com)
  • Furthermore the restrictive abortion law is a violation of women's right to access essential medicines as recognized by the United Nations Human Rights Commission. (womenonwaves.org)
  • Then, she went to a daai , an elderly woman in her village who serves as both a midwife and traditional healer, especially for women's reproductive health. (kunc.org)
  • Women's abortion rights in Italy are the worst they have been since the 1970s as a civil war rages on the issue, campaigners claim. (euronews.com)
  • temporarily stopped performing surgical abortions amid investigations looking into allegations that unsanitary conditions were putting women's health and lives at risk. (christianpost.com)
  • In addition to seeking emergency relief for the woman, the ACLU has asked the court to declare the Trump Administration's policy of obstructing young women's abortions declared unconstitutional because unfortunately, our client is not the only unaccompanied minor who has recently experienced obstruction to abortion access at the hands of federal officials. (aclu.org)
  • Arguments against women's right to vote was that women were emotional an weak and therefore not able to come to an objective judgment. (womenonwaves.org)
  • Some of the same ways of negatively characterizing women are now used to deny women's decision about abortion. (womenonwaves.org)
  • The Abortion Caravan was a feminist protest movement formed by The Vancouver Women's Caucus in 1970 which travelled across Canada from Vancouver to Ottawa to advocate for increased access to legal abortion. (wikipedia.org)
  • Their primary focus, access to abortion, led the VWC to adopt the slogan "Free Abortion on Demand", and it was at the first Western Conference on Women's Liberation in 1969, where The Vancouver Women's Caucus proposed the idea of the Abortion Caravan to Ottawa. (wikipedia.org)
  • Before the Abortion Caravan set out across Canada, on February 14, 1970, the VWC held a public meeting and theatre performance outside of the Vancouver Courthouse representing women's lack of control over their reproductive health. (wikipedia.org)
  • As well, the Abortion Caravan came across other perspectives, those of anti-abortionist groups and women's groups. (wikipedia.org)
  • Another women's liberation group from Toronto, The New Feminists, had an alternate point of view than the VWC as they questioned how women's oppression was related to abortion. (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)
  • People need to keep their hands off of women's bodies and let women make the decisions about their own lives. (ontheissues.org)
  • The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women affirms that violations of women's sexual and reproductive health and rights including the denial or delay of safe abortion and post-abortion care may amount to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. (ippf.org)
  • Green Left Weekly's Angela Walker spoke with Anna McCormack from the Women's Abortion Rights Campaign (WARC) about the situation in Queensland. (greenleft.org.au)
  • WASHINGTON - Today, Congress moved to protect access to safe, legal abortion across the country, with the introduction of the Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA). (plannedparenthood.org)
  • It was done at A Hallmark Women's Clinic, a licensed abortion facility in Fayetteville, North Carolina. (operationrescue.org)
  • Comparison of medical abortion with surgical vacuum aspiration: women's preferences and acceptability of treatment. (bmj.com)
  • OBJECTIVES--To assess women's preferences for, and the acceptability of, medical abortion and vacuum aspiration in the early first trimester. (bmj.com)
  • The media and the abortion industry have worked hard, for years, to portray abortion as empowering and a right that is essential for women's equality. (lifedynamics.com)
  • Unlike the 2008 Recession in which men faced higher unemployment rates because male-dominated sectors such as construction and manufacturing were worse affected, the Covid-19 recession is likely to hit harder women's employment than men's as current crisis has drastic adverse impact on female-dominated sectors such as restaurants, leisure and hospitality, and retail sector [2] . (lu.se)
  • Flowers said each abortion that takes place that would have been prevented under Ohio's 2019 ban constitutes such harm. (wrbl.com)
  • During 2019 state legislative sessions, more than 290 bills restricting abortion have been filed in 45 states. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • As natural population growth has drastically decreased in Xinjang, CCP documents from 2019 reveal plans including a mass sterilization of women in two Uyghur counties with a focus on women in rural minorities. (christiannewswire.com)
  • Resumo Objetivo Avaliar o impacto da pandemia de coronavirus disease 2019 ( Covid-19 ) no atendimento de pacientes com aborto espontâneo e interrupção legal da gravidez em um hospital universitário no Brasil . (bvsalud.org)
  • From 2019 to 2020, the total number of abortions decreased 2% (from 625,346 total abortions), the abortion rate decreased 2% (from 11.4 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years), and the abortion ratio increased 2% (from 195 abortions per 1,000 live births). (cdc.gov)
  • Furthermore, of the 7,058 women entering Texas prisons in 2022 alone, 98 were pregnant . (thenation.com)
  • FILE - Abortion rights demonstrators attend a rally at the Texas state Capitol in Austin, Texas, May 14, 2022. (wlns.com)
  • The ruling was the first to undercut Texas' law since it took effect in 2022 and delivers a major victory to abortion rights supporters, who see the case as a potential blueprint to weaken restrictions elsewhere that Republican-led states have rushed to implement. (wlns.com)
  • But the price is still 15,000 Afghani (US$150) higher than the average price of an abortion in the United States, where before June 24 2022 abortions were legal and generally publicly accepted. (wikipedia.org)
  • This week marks the fourth time that the chamber has taken up abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022. (columbian.com)
  • Lack of awareness, uneven supply of services, poverty and social taboos are just some of the barriers that women with unwanted pregnancies face. (ipsnews.net)
  • In all three states, patients say that the abortion laws in effect since Roe v. Wade was overturned last year interfered with their care during dangerous pregnancies. (wxpr.org)
  • Alarmed at the egregiously wrong advice, she went to her door to make sure that the women were armed with facts rather than myths that would lead to unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. (thenation.com)
  • Abortion may solve the problem of an unwanted child, but it is not the answer to all unwanted pregnancies, in fact, many women are against it, many say "that if they are given a choice between keeping their unborn child and aborting it, 85 per cent will chose to keep the child" (Reachout.com, 2014). (bartleby.com)
  • These are believed to be the first women in the country since 1973 to testify in court about the impacts of a state abortion ban on their pregnancies. (ksat.com)
  • Forced pregnancies put lives at risk Every day, lawmakers, politicians, bureaucrats, and others in positions of power make conscious decisions to deny women control over their bodies and place them in danger - constituting a form of State violence against women. (ippf.org)
  • Unable to access safe and legal abortion care, women and others who can get pregnant are forced to continue pregnancies against their will or seek an abortion outside of the formal health system, sometimes at the risk of losing their lives. (ippf.org)
  • On January 22, 1973 the Supreme Court of the United States held that women had a right to terminate their pregnancies. (keepwomenhealthy.com)
  • Young girls lack of information on safe sex (because we want to assume they are abstaining) has led to many getting unwanted pregnancies, which then leads to seeking abortion services. (co.ke)
  • While most manage to access a wanted abortion , research shows, some poor American women end up carrying unwanted pregnancies to term against their will. (salon.com)
  • Even there she encountered difficulties, as a number of Russian doctors were refusing to terminate the pregnancies of Abkhazian women. (civil.ge)
  • Also, having an abortion doesn't raise your chance of problems with future pregnancies. (msdmanuals.com)
  • One-quarter of those clients had sought an abortion from a private unlisted clinic, about one-sixth from an unskilled provider and one in eight tried to abort using unapproved drugs. (ipsnews.net)
  • The clinic currently performs an average of 50 abortions every month, she says. (kunc.org)
  • Earlier this week, CP reported that Planned Parenthood is paying $2 million to the family of Tonya Reaves who died at age 24, after having a late-term abortion at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Chicago, Ill. (christianpost.com)
  • Planned Parenthood needs to close its doors," said Jane Mitchell-Werbrich, a nurse who left the clinic because the "meat market style of assembly-line abortions" left blood draining on the operating tables as patients were rushed in and out of the facility. (christianpost.com)
  • Similarly, during a Planned Parenthood gala last April, Dayle Steinberg, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, admitted to knowing about the unsafe and unsanitary conditions at Kermit Gosnell's abortion clinic, in which women contracted STDs, but decided not to report him to the Department of Health. (christianpost.com)
  • In October 2020, Clinic 554, the only free-standing clinic providing surgical abortions in the province, announced it would be closing its doors, leaving thousands without access to abortion care and gender-affirming care. (nawl.ca)
  • The judge granted her legal authority to obtain an abortion, but the federal government has stepped in to block her from being transported to a clinic. (aclu.org)
  • Clinic owners talk about sending out buses or limousines to the airport to transport the dozens of women who had flown in to get an abortion. (keepwomenhealthy.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)
  • To Amanda, it reminded her of an illegal abortion clinic she once saw in a horror show on television. (operationrescue.org)
  • Look here, ma'am, you need to shut up before you scare the other women out of the clinic," said the nurse who was operating the ultrasound machine while holding her down on the table with a firm arm across the torso. (operationrescue.org)
  • 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)
  • My best friend drove me to the abortion clinic. (lifedynamics.com)
  • That includes women in the United States, where restrictive abortion laws mean the nearest clinic may be many miles away. (salon.com)
  • I was told at a clinic in Adler [district of Sochi] that women with Abkhazian passports can't be given abortions. (civil.ge)
  • A surgical abortion is usually done in an office or clinic. (msdmanuals.com)
  • LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The creation of a buffer zone around a London abortion clinic to prevent patients being harassed could pave the way for other English cities to follow suit, campaigners said on Wednesday. (medscape.com)
  • But like most public hospitals and health clinics in rural India, this one did not have a doctor trained to perform an abortion. (kunc.org)
  • The immediate impact of Mangrum's decision also was unclear in a state where all abortion clinics have shuttered in the past year. (wlns.com)
  • The VWC had as its focus the issues of equal pay, child care, birth control and abortion clinics. (wikipedia.org)
  • All other abortions, performed without the approval of a T.A.C. or in free-standing clinics, continued to be illegal and subject to criminal code sanctions. (wikipedia.org)
  • Flowers was representing Republican Attorney General Dave Yost, whose appeal also asserts Preterm Cleveland and the other Ohio clinics that filed the lawsuit lack the necessary legal standing to sue. (wrbl.com)
  • But when he suggested that abortion clinics also could not prove the necessary "close relationship" to the category of people covered under the suit, and that their business interests in conducting abortions represent a conflict of interest, Justice Jennifer Brunner pushed back. (wrbl.com)
  • NSW Greens MLC Dr Mehreen Faruqi has drafted the Abortion Law Reform (Miscellaneous Acts Amendment) Bill 2016, which will repeal all criminal offences relating to abortion, introduce rules that clarify conscientious objection and provide for the introduction of exclusion or safe access zones for women entering clinics. (greenleft.org.au)
  • Most women have to go to private abortion clinics that are located only along Queensland's east coast so, for rural and regional women, travel is an additional burden both in time and cost. (greenleft.org.au)
  • Clinics have until October 2014 to comply, but a high-stakes legal challenge in the Old Dominion may change that early next year. (reason.com)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Abortion currently remains legal through 22 weeks in South Carolina, though other regulations largely block access after the first trimester at the state's three clinics. (columbian.com)
  • The council is actively exploring all possible options to prevent protesters from intimidating and harassing women outside abortion clinics," said a spokesman for Manchester City Council in the north of England who declined to be named. (medscape.com)
  • South Carolina House Democrats speak at a rally to people against an abortion bill being debated in the House on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in Columbia, South Carolina. (columbian.com)
  • KATHMANDU, Sep 9 2006 (IPS) - As the 21st century began, more women were dying during childbirth in Nepal than in almost any other country and it was estimated that half of maternal deaths in hospitals were caused by unsafe abortions. (ipsnews.net)
  • The first three chapters describe the magnitude of mortality and morbidity caused by unsafe abortions, define the essential components of abortion care at each level in the health system, and discuss the ways in which legal and societal factors affect abortion behaviour and care. (who.int)
  • In 1969, CDC began abortion surveillance to document the number and characteristics of women obtaining legal induced abortions and to assist efforts to identify and reduce preventable causes of morbidity and mortality associated with abortions. (cdc.gov)
  • Sets out guidelines that can help reduce the high levels of maternal morbidity and mortality associated with abortion, whether spontaneous or induced. (who.int)
  • In the first six months of 2021 the national abortion rate per 1,000 women was 3.1 while it was 5.6 in Buenos Aires, 4.3 in Tierra del Fuego and in the provinces of Chaco and Formosa(two provinces with historically higher incidences of poverty) it was substantially lower (0.9 and 0.6, respectively). (safeabortionwomensright.org)
  • During the first half of 2021, there were a total of 25,894 abortions through the public health services. (safeabortionwomensright.org)
  • Between January and June 2021, there were 10,529 calls to the hotline which needed additional follow-up, and although not all of them ended in an abortion, a high percentage were resolved, i.e. callers received referrals or the answers they needed. (safeabortionwomensright.org)
  • Methods A cross-sectional study of women admitted for abortion due to any cause at Hospital da Mulher Prof. Dr. J. A. Pinotti of Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil , between July 2017 and September 2021. (bvsalud.org)
  • The reason: an unsafe abortion performed by a village midwife. (kunc.org)
  • We are committed to reducing the number of deaths of women and girls who are forced to turn to unsafe abortion methods. (ippf.org)
  • We all know unsafe abortion is among the leading causes of maternal deaths in Kenya. (co.ke)
  • The cost of treating unsafe abortion is high. (co.ke)
  • A total of 330 women and girls are hospitalised every day due to unsafe abortion complications. (co.ke)
  • CREHPA's study found that of 1,560 cases treated at the post-abortion care unit at Maternity Hospital from April 2004 to April 2005, 138 were for complications caused by induced abortion. (ipsnews.net)
  • Marie Stopes Kenya provides sexual reproductive health information including modern contraception, sexual heal t h counselling , cancer screening and treatment, comprehensive post abortion care and gynaecological checkup, among o thers. (co.ke)
  • Emergency treatment should also be available for post abortion care according to Article 43(2) which provides that a person shall not be denied emergency medical treatment. (co.ke)
  • The abortion ratio was 339 legal induced abortions per 1,000 live births, and the abortion rate was 24 per 1,000 women 15-44 years of age. (cdc.gov)
  • Both ratios (i.e., the number of abortions per 1,000 live births) and rates (the number of abortions per 1,000 women) are presented by age group. (cdc.gov)
  • Census and natality data were used to calculate abortion rates (number of abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years) and ratios (number of abortions per 1,000 live births), respectively. (cdc.gov)
  • Among 48 reporting areas with data each year during 2011-2020, in 2020, a total of 615,911 abortions were reported, the abortion rate was 11.2 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years, and the abortion ratio was 198 abortions per 1,000 live births. (cdc.gov)
  • Dutch physician Rebecca Gomperts, shown here in 2020, founded the nonprofit Aid Access in March 2018 to provide abortion medication to women in the US. (vox.com)
  • In 2018, more than two decades after Dutch physician Rebecca Gomperts first became an activist to deliver abortion pills around the world , she turned to the United States. (vox.com)
  • Though the Republic of Ireland legalized abortion in May 2018 , leaving Northern Ireland as the only nation on the British Isles with an abortion ban, our research took place when abortion was illegal in both nations. (salon.com)
  • However, the state's immediate appeal "stays an activist Austin judge's attempt to override Texas abortion laws pending a ruling by the Texas Supreme Court," said a statement from First Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster. (wlns.com)
  • Before a court could confirm whether Paxton's guidance was accurate , the state's "trigger ban" went into effect, banning all abortions from the moment of conception, with only an exception to save the life of the pregnant patient. (ksat.com)
  • Ratios were calculated by using the number of live births provided by each state's central health agency (except where noted), and rates were calculated by using the number of women recorded in special unpublished tabulations provided by the U.S. Bureau of the Census. (cdc.gov)
  • The legal actions filed this week are similar to a lawsuit being appealed to the Texas Supreme Court now, and the same organization, the Center for Reproductive Rights, is bringing the cases . (wxpr.org)
  • The challenge is believed to be the first in the U.S. brought by women who have been denied abortions since the Supreme Court last year overturned Roe v. Wade, which for nearly 50 years had affirmed the constitutional right to an abortion. (wlns.com)
  • As soon as the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and allowed states to set their own laws about abortion, Texas descended into legal uncertainty. (ksat.com)
  • The state of Mississippi, in an upcoming legal battle over a restrictive abortion law it passed just a few years ago, is formally asking the United States Supreme Court to overturn its ruling in Roe v. Wade , the 1973 decision that protected the right to access abortion services across the entirety of the country. (truthout.org)
  • Mississippi has stunningly asked the Supreme Court to overturn Roe and every other abortion rights decision in the last five decades," said Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, in a statement responding to the legal filing made on Thursday. (truthout.org)
  • The Supreme Court doesn't necessarily need to rule on Mississippi's direct challenge to the 1973 decision - it can decide, for instance, to simply rule on the merits of the 15-week abortion ban that prompted the legal brief in the first place. (truthout.org)
  • The Ohio abortion law had been blocked as part of a different legal challenge until the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its landmark Roe v. Wade decision last summer that had legalized abortion nationwide. (wrbl.com)
  • Yost had also requested in his Supreme Court appeal that justices rule on the main premise of the case - that the Ohio Constitution protect the right to an abortion - but the court left that question to the lower courts. (wrbl.com)
  • The case was Roe v Wade and no other Supreme Court case has had such a dramatic impact on the lives of women in this country. (keepwomenhealthy.com)
  • As more states move to ban abortions following the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, critics fear the consequences this will have on women. (globalnews.ca)
  • Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that has for decades affirmed the right to abortion , only some states across the country will still protect access. (globalnews.ca)
  • Let me be clear: You cannot ban abortion, you can only ban safe abortions - and this disgraceful Supreme Court decision will undoubtedly put many people's lives at risk, in addition to stripping away a constitutional right that disproportionately affects women and has been settled law for most of our lifetimes," Brown added. (globalnews.ca)
  • The Supreme Court has made it clear - they want to strip women of their liberty and let Republican states replace it with mandated birth because the right to choose an abortion is not 'deeply rooted in history,'" said California Governor Gavin Newsom. (globalnews.ca)
  • most had had no previous live births and had been obtaining an abortion for the first time. (cdc.gov)
  • The UK's Abortion Act 1967 does not extend to Northern Ireland and the north's abortion laws are still governed by sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 as well as sections 25 of the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1945. (womenonwaves.org)
  • The Belfast High Court ruled that laws governing abortion in Northern Ireland are in breach of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, on the right to privacy. (womenonwaves.org)
  • Blackmon and other plaintiffs told dramatic stories, describing how abortion laws interfered with their care. (wxpr.org)
  • The Socialist Party vowed to hold a new referendum on easing the country's strict laws against abortion already in August 2005. (womenonwaves.org)
  • rime Minister Jose Socrates said the Socialist party will actively campaign in favor of changing the abortion laws if the referendum is held. (womenonwaves.org)
  • The results of the referendum would only have had legal effect if more than 50 per cent of the electors had voted but the process for liberalization of the abortion laws was stopped afterwards. (womenonwaves.org)
  • The referenda in Ireland only offered the option of increasing restrictions on abortion and never offered voters the choice to vote for liberalization of the abortion laws. (womenonwaves.org)
  • Globally, there is an overwhelming trend towards the liberalization of abortion laws. (reproductiverights.org)
  • Over the past 30 years, more than 60 countries have liberalized their abortion laws. (reproductiverights.org)
  • The Abortion Caravan paved the way for future abortion activism as well as helped initiate a revocation of abortion laws in 1988. (wikipedia.org)
  • On May 9, 1970, participants of the Abortion Caravan held a meeting in the Railway Committee Room to discuss abortion laws in Canada. (wikipedia.org)
  • The heavy influence of religious beliefs on the law leads to strict laws surrounding abortion. (wikipedia.org)
  • There are states that have passed laws that will virtually prevent women from having access to reproductive healthcare. (ontheissues.org)
  • 41 percent of women live in countries with restrictive abortion laws - that translates into 700 million women of reproductive age deprived of their bodily autonomy. (ippf.org)
  • Some countries' abortion laws are so extreme that they can mean a death sentence for pregnant women who experience obstetric emergencies. (ippf.org)
  • Ultimately, some more enlightened states like Colorado, California and New York passed laws legalizing abortion. (keepwomenhealthy.com)
  • For women living in the 31 states that Aid Access counts as having tighter abortion restrictions , Gomperts sends the prescriptions to a pharmacist in India, who then mails the pills directly to patients in the US. (vox.com)
  • Today's brief reveals the extreme and regressive strategy, not just of this law, but of the avalanche of abortion bans and restrictions that are being passed across the country. (truthout.org)
  • Beyond legal restrictions, by creating unnecessary policy barriers to access and failing to allocate adequate resources to abortion care, States and health bodies are not upholding their duty to provide equitable reproductive health care. (ippf.org)
  • Favors restrictions of judicial bypass for minor's abortion. (ontheissues.org)
  • Access safe, legal abortion without restrictions. (ontheissues.org)
  • Led by reproductive health champions Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and 43 co-sponsors in the Senate, and Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) and 174 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives, this critical piece of legislation would block medically unnecessary abortion restrictions being pushed forward by state politicians. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • Nearly half of those restrictions are abortion bans, including those in Kentucky, Ohio, and Georgia. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The only five women in South Carolina's 46-member Senate have vowed to resist new abortion restrictions up for debate after the group filibustered a near-total ban last month. (columbian.com)
  • While self-managed abortion using medical abortion pills has improved abortion safety for millions of women living in countries that deny legal access to care, access to these pills and information on their use is not readily available in many settings and the use of unsafe methods is still common. (ippf.org)
  • Even in countries with progressive legal frameworks a lack of trained and willing health workers, inadequate supplies of quality medical abortion pills and equipment, use of non-evidence-based practices and the refusal to include information on abortion in public health campaigns are common - creating practical barriers which can be insurmountable, particularly for the least privileged, and amount to the denial of access to abortion care. (ippf.org)
  • Medical abortion was performed with mifepristone 600 mg followed 48 hours later by gemeprost 1 mg vaginal pessary. (bmj.com)
  • In a medical abortion, the doctor gives you medicine that makes your uterus contract and push the fetus out. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Experts say conscientious objectors are rising because gynaecologists who are against abortion find it easier to advance in Italian hospitals. (euronews.com)
  • Some are forced to travel to different hospitals to ensure that women receive care in regions in which there is huge percentage of hospitals that are not ensuring the service via their permanent staff. (euronews.com)
  • Of course even this is not enough and many women are forced to move to hospitals in other parts of the country to try to get the care they are entitled to. (euronews.com)
  • Only three hospitals in the province provide abortion services, all of which are located in Moncton and Bathurst. (nawl.ca)
  • One year after Argentina legalized abortion, access in hospitals and health centers has improved in comparison to 2020 but clear inequalities remain between provinces. (safeabortionwomensright.org)
  • More recently in Poland, at least six women have died as a direct result of the de facto abortion ban, in hospitals, at the hands of the State and health system that are supposed to take care of them. (ippf.org)
  • Currently, because abortion is criminalised, it's very difficult to get an abortion through public hospitals. (greenleft.org.au)
  • Women who obtained legal induced abortions were grouped by 5-year age groups. (cdc.gov)
  • Women often pursue abortions through illegal means because of the few cases that allow abortions legally. (wikipedia.org)
  • The government decriminalised abortion in 2002 after years of a sustained campaign by activists and researchers. (ipsnews.net)
  • We're also keen to involve more activists, especially young women, in the campaign from November onwards. (greenleft.org.au)
  • On Tuesday, May 21, hundreds of thousands of activists marched at more than 500 events all across the nation to protest abortion bans. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • Abortion-rights activists attended the Committee vote wearing shirts and buttons saying, "Women are not livestock. (aclu-il.org)
  • The new rule is part of an old American effort, promoted by Christian activists and lawmakers , to make legal abortions as difficult as possible to obtain. (salon.com)
  • Local activists have called on parliament to change the law, which they say discriminates against women. (civil.ge)
  • Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards uses Twitter to promote its services, including abortions, under the hashtag #WhatWomenNeed for Valentine's Day on Feb. 10, 2014. (christianpost.com)
  • Planned Parenthood President and CEO Cecile Richards sent out message to her social media followers earlier this week suggesting services that women might need for Valentine's Day. (christianpost.com)
  • While it's sickening to promote the killing of preborn children on a day set aside to celebrate love, it shouldn't surprise us that on Valentine's Day, Planned Parenthood hearts abortion," said Lila Rose, president of pro-life group Live Action, in a statement shared with The Christian Post on Friday. (christianpost.com)
  • After five patients were rushed to a local hospital following their abortions, two pro-choice nurses who worked at the Planned Parenthood abortion facility decided to quit their jobs. (christianpost.com)
  • Planned Parenthood is the nation's leading provider and advocate of high-quality, affordable health care for women, men, and young people, as well as the nation's largest provider of sex education. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • Fayetteville, NC - Recently, women were encouraged by Planned Parenthood to #ShoutYourAbortion in an effort to de-stigmatize and normalize abortion. (operationrescue.org)
  • In mid-August, Planned Parenthood announced its withdrawal from Title X - a Nixon-era family planning program for low-income patients - due to a new requirement that Title X medical providers cannot also offer abortions. (salon.com)
  • But by eliminating funding for facilities that offer abortions in addition to other reproductive services, the Trump administration rule may leave millions of low-income Planned Parenthood patients without family planning care. (salon.com)
  • Dr. Emily Corrigan told reporters that Idaho state lawmakers are aware that Idaho's abortion law is causing problems and having unintended consequences, and they've said as much publicly. (wxpr.org)
  • But the legislation contained a clause allowing doctors, nurses, anaesthetists and others to declare themselves conscientious objectors and refuse to perform abortions. (euronews.com)
  • Voted YES on barring HHS grants to organizations that perform abortions. (ontheissues.org)
  • The report also found that some government centres were refusing to provide abortions if patients were nine weeks pregnant or more, despite the law permitting abortion on demand up to 12 weeks. (ipsnews.net)
  • The environment around you is very negative because if you provide abortions you are treated like a criminal. (euronews.com)
  • Today, abortion is one of the safest and most common surgical procedures performed on women. (keepwomenhealthy.com)
  • Abortion is a completely unique surgical procedure, profoundly different in many ways from ethical surgery, as shown in Figure 61-1. (ewtn.com)
  • In a surgical abortion, the fetus is removed from your uterus through your vagina. (msdmanuals.com)
  • 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)
  • The contenders for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination have made reversing the Hyde Amendment--a measure that blocks federal funding for abortion--a top priority on the campaign trail. (ontheissues.org)
  • Prohibit federal funding for abortion. (ontheissues.org)
  • For first-trimester abortions, the complication rate is 0.3 percent , throwing doubt on the safety argument. (reason.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)
  • The number of states with abortion bans in effect continues to tick up - the count is now at 17 states . (wxpr.org)
  • Ohio and Georgia have six week bans in effect, making most abortions inaccessible. (vision.org.au)
  • A daai is an important figure in India's villages, at once a medicine woman and a confidante and adviser on matters of reproductive health. (kunc.org)
  • She accused Biden of "withhold(ing) resources to poor women to have access to reproductive health care, including women who were the victims of rape and incest. (ontheissues.org)
  • This report is based on abortion data for 1991 provided to CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Reproductive Health. (cdc.gov)
  • So , when the KMPDB and KFCB ban such organisations from providing information on sexual reproductive health , we are basically telling our girls and women that you are on your own. (co.ke)
  • In one 2017 study , I examined data of over 2,300 patients in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Isle of Man who had received financial assistance from abortion funds , charitable organizations that help people access abortions they can't afford. (salon.com)
  • A 1969 amendment to the Canadian Criminal Code legalized abortion under certain circumstances (whereas it had previously been considered a criminal offence in all cases). (wikipedia.org)
  • Description of System: For each year since 1969, CDC has compiled abortion data received from 52 reporting areas: 50 states, the District of Columbia, and New York City. (cdc.gov)
  • Because Texas law requires parental consent or a judicial waiver before a minor may obtain an abortion, our client went to court with the assistance of an attorney and an appointed guardian and obtained the necessary judicial waiver. (aclu.org)
  • Of course, those states could not ban the desire of a woman to obtain an abortion. (keepwomenhealthy.com)
  • The legal battle over the law comes as a proposed constitutional amendment that would protect abortion access in Ohio will go before voters in November. (wrbl.com)
  • Biden told Harris that he believes abortion to be a constitutional right. (ontheissues.org)
  • In California, a constitutional amendment was previously introduced to protect the right to an abortion in the state constitution. (globalnews.ca)
  • A coalition of national feminist organizations welcomes the initiation of legal action by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association to fight the discriminatory and anti-choice regulation that prohibits the funding of abortion care outside of hospital settings in New Brunswick. (nawl.ca)
  • Harris lambasted Biden's long support for the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits the use of federal funds to pay for abortion services. (ontheissues.org)
  • The bill also prohibits abortions motivated by the race or gender of the fetus. (nymag.com)
  • Really, then, the legislation prohibits open conversation between women and their doctors under a specific set of circumstances. (nymag.com)
  • On Thursday night, Republican governor Mike Pence signed a bill that bans abortions motivated by fetal genetic abnormalities such as Down syndrome. (nymag.com)
  • The organization plays a unique role in the US reproductive rights ecosystem by successfully exploiting legal loopholes that make it easier for an overseas doctor to care for American patients in restrictive states - a role that could become even more key if Roe v. Wade is struck down . (vox.com)
  • Flowers challenged the notion, pointing out that the most celebrated abortion lawsuit in U.S. history, Roe v. Wade, was brought in the name of an individual patient. (wrbl.com)
  • Seventy-three percent of Americans - including a majority of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans - support access to abortion and do not want to see Roe v. Wade overturned. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • Safe haven states: Where is abortion still legal now that Roe v. Wade is overturned? (globalnews.ca)
  • Well over 50,000 women have received safe abortion services through this suction (MVA or manual vacuum aspiration) method," says Cherry Bird, director of the Support to the Safe Motherhood Programme. (ipsnews.net)
  • The government, private and NGO sectors all offer abortion services in this South Asian nation of 25 million people. (ipsnews.net)
  • Many people don't know that abortion services are legal," confirmed Kasturi Malla, director of Kathmandu's Maternity Hospital, at Thursday's meeting. (ipsnews.net)
  • The Indian public health system has failed to provide any abortion services to poor women in rural areas, he says. (kunc.org)
  • We recognize people who do not identify as women may also need access to abortion services. (reproductiverights.org)
  • So Gomperts launched a new nonprofit organization based in Austria - Aid Access - with the goal of providing affordable and accessible abortion services to people in the US. (vox.com)
  • If the right to an abortion does get overturned, Aid Access staff say they feel confident their services could continue, in the same way they've been able to operate in red states that have barred other abortion groups. (vox.com)
  • A convoy of Canadian women, over five hundred arrived with symbolic images of coat hangers and a black coffin to demand the legalization of unrestricted access to abortion services for all Canadian women. (wikipedia.org)
  • The report emphasises the importance of distributing more information about the law so that everyone knows where to go to access safe abortion services. (safeabortionwomensright.org)
  • Project Mirar researchers also interviewed key stakeholders, individuals responsible for the administration and provision of abortion services, about their perspectives on the implementation of the law. (safeabortionwomensright.org)
  • The framework includes the law itself, an administrative rule outlining the regulations for implementation, and the national protocol for abortion services. (safeabortionwomensright.org)
  • IPPF works to ensure that every woman and girl has the human right to choose to be pregnant or not and we will continue to supply and support safe and legal abortion services and care. (ippf.org)
  • It would improve access to abortion services, especially for particular groups of women: young women, poor women, women from rural and regional areas, women who have barriers in getting accurate, up-to-date information about abortion provision in Queensland. (greenleft.org.au)
  • Dozens of women access abortion and post-abortion services yearly whether safe or unsafe. (co.ke)
  • Le t us provide women with information and services they need to ensure a wholesome living. (co.ke)
  • Title X funds have never been used to pay for abortion services . (salon.com)
  • Moreover, the concen- services remain serious concerns to the abortion. (who.int)
  • An expansion of cover- have occurred over the past 3 decades, the case of fertility treatments, in some age of dental health services is needed to several subsets of the population in cases, women travel to countries where improve oral health. (who.int)
  • However, formal legal entitlements Similar problems also apply to mental ties may increase with the current trend do not necessarily mean that barriers do health services. (who.int)
  • Nicole Blackmon was denied an abortion even though her fetus had a lethal condition and Blackmon showed signs of dangerously high blood pressure that could have killed her. (wxpr.org)
  • Abortion is a method in which the baby still in the mother's womb or the living embryo/fetus is killed. (bartleby.com)
  • If you want an abortion because your fetus has a debilitating genetic defect, it is now illegal for you to get one in Indiana. (nymag.com)
  • Ostensibly, a woman in Indiana can abort a fetus that has genetic abnormalities, so long as she's not doing so because the fetus has genetic abnormalities. (nymag.com)
  • Since the fetus is not a person, it has no rights whatever and therefore should be considered as completely expendable by pregnant women and by society. (ewtn.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)
  • However, when I spoke to Amanda (not her true name) just three short weeks after her recent abortion, she didn't feel like shouting - unless it was at the abortionist who maimed her during an abortion that couldn't have been more traumatic if it had been done in the "back alley" or at Kermit Gosnell's squalid "House of Horrors. (operationrescue.org)
  • If approved, the referendum would implement legislation that would legalize abortions up to 10 weeks' gestation. (womenonwaves.org)
  • Most countries that legalized abortion did so through legislation or court cases. (womenonwaves.org)
  • 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)
  • The legislation makes Indiana the second state, after North Dakota, to deny women a constitutionally protected right if Republicans don't like the reason they want to exercise it. (nymag.com)
  • A total of 16 states and the District of Columbia have passed some form of legislation that ensures abortion is a protected right under state law. (globalnews.ca)
  • In 1990, data regarding Hispanic ethnicity were first available on abortion reports submitted by central health agencies to CDC. (cdc.gov)
  • For 1991, 1,388,937 legal abortions were reported to CDC -- a 2.8% decrease from the number reported for 1990 (1) Table_1 . (cdc.gov)
  • Until 1990 includes all abortions. (who.int)
  • However, abortion ratios were highest among adolescents (aged 19 years) and lowest among women aged 25-39 years.Abortion rates decreased from 2011 to 2020 among all age groups. (cdc.gov)
  • Rights protected by the U.S. Constitution, including the right to abortion, are not meant to become subjected to a democratic vote. (truthout.org)
  • The appeal plays out against the backdrop of a November election in which Ohio residents will vote on an amendment to enshrine a right to abortion in their state constitution, passage of which would likely impact both the suit and the law. (wrbl.com)
  • This results in serious harm to women and girls, contributing to up to 13.2% of maternal deaths globally. (ippf.org)
  • Voted YES on banning partial birth abortions except for maternal life. (ontheissues.org)
  • Septic abortion remains a primary cause of maternal mortality in the developing world, mostly as a result of illegal abortions. (medscape.com)
  • Reporting Period Covered: This report summarizes and reviews information reported to CDC regarding legal induced abortions obtained in the United States during 1991. (cdc.gov)
  • in 1991, the abortion ratio was the lowest recorded since 1977. (cdc.gov)
  • Meanwhile, her own health was in danger due to preeclampsia - elevated blood pressure that can be deadly for pregnant women. (wxpr.org)
  • Pregnant women who gave up abortion after receiving the procedure approval were included and, in another group, pregnant women who completed the abortion. (bvsalud.org)
  • Over half of all women who have an abortion used a contraceptive method during the month they became pregnant. (bartleby.com)
  • Afghanistan has one of the highest fertility rates in the world, with very few women actively using contraceptive methods, despite support from the government and conformance with religious ethics. (wikipedia.org)
  • Appropriate strategies based on the principles of health promotion led to an increase in the contraceptive prevalence rate among married women from 49.0% in 1989 to 73.8% in 2006. (who.int)
  • Today, 59,000 Nepali women have had safe abortions, performed by 260 trained doctors at 133 approved centres, and if plans hold, trained nurses will soon be providing the service. (ipsnews.net)
  • But for every positive number there are many more that reveal the challenges ahead for the Safe Abortion Programme. (ipsnews.net)
  • Such a practice has deprived clients of their rights to safe and legal abortion up to 12 weeks of gestation from any government approved facility of her choice," says the 'National Facility-based Abortion Baseline Study' by the Centre for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities (CREHPA). (ipsnews.net)
  • A big challenge is educating women (and men) of their rights to safe abortion and what is safe abortion (when they had to do it clandestinely for years)," says Wendy Darby of Ipas, a US-based NGO that has given considerable financial and technical support to Nepal's programme. (ipsnews.net)
  • That's the irony of the situation," says Vinoj Manning, the director of the India office of IPAS , an international nonprofit organization that works to increase access to safe abortions. (kunc.org)
  • On Richards' list, "What Women Need for Valentine's Day," is "safe and legal abortion. (christianpost.com)
  • She went to the hospital for a second opinion and heard the same verdict: She would have to wait until she miscarried naturally, or got sick enough that doctors felt legally safe to induce an abortion. (ksat.com)
  • Supporting the right to safe abortion on both public health and human rights grounds. (safeabortionwomensright.org)
  • They also suggested improvements such as additional training of health professionals in safe abortion methods, and a focus on treating patients with dignity and respect. (safeabortionwomensright.org)
  • Make Abortion Safe. (ippf.org)
  • An example of this is the denial of access to safe abortion care. (ippf.org)
  • One study in the United States found that women were about 14 times more likely to die during or after giving birth than to die from complications of a safe abortion. (ippf.org)
  • Refusal of abortion care is State violence Like all forms of femicide, the deaths caused by denial of access to safe abortion are entirely preventable. (ippf.org)
  • Take action today to help us fight for a world where everyone has equal access to safe and legal abortion. (catholicsforchoice.org)
  • Help us challenge and dismantle religiously-based barriers to safe, legal, and comprehensive reproductive healthcare. (catholicsforchoice.org)
  • We applaud this new effort by our champions in Congress to keep politicians from interfering in patient's personal health decisions and to protect our rights to access to health care, including safe, legal abortion. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • How safe is abortion? (msdmanuals.com)
  • Legal abortions done by doctors in medical facilities are very safe. (msdmanuals.com)
  • In view of the need to prevent life-threatening complications, the book also establishes standards of safe abortion practice for use in those countries where abortion is permitted by law. (who.int)
  • Although the act of abortion is illegal in Northern Ireland except for in very limited circumstances, the medication itself is not. (womenonwaves.org)
  • They say increasing numbers of gynaecologists are refusing to carry out terminations, forcing women into unsafe, illegal abortions. (euronews.com)
  • If they don't find someone, they are forced into hidden, illegal and unsafe abortions. (euronews.com)
  • Legal experts told The Nation it's not illegal. (thenation.com)
  • But it has been postponed again and again and recently again 3 women were convicted to half a year of imprisonment for having an illegal abortion and the doctor who helped them was put in jail for 3,5 years. (womenonwaves.org)
  • 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)
  • That meant that many women each year were procuring illegal abortions. (keepwomenhealthy.com)
  • The world of illegal abortion was always a world of whispers. (keepwomenhealthy.com)
  • In every major city, there always seemed to be a least one doctor who would be willing to do the abortion, but these "abortionists" usually performed these illegal procedures in the shadows, in dirty "back alleys" with unsterilized instruments, no counseling, no sophisticated anesthesia, and no follow up exams. (keepwomenhealthy.com)
  • There have been many books and movies about the world of illegal abortion. (keepwomenhealthy.com)
  • John Irving's " The Cider House Rules " is a good one and the movie "If These Walls Could Talk" contained an excellent segment on a woman seeking an illegal abortion. (keepwomenhealthy.com)
  • Only four countries have rolled back the legality of abortion. (reproductiverights.org)
  • Religious ethical committees must rule on the ethics and legality of the abortion before it can be carried out. (wikipedia.org)
  • The robot will contain prescriptions of mifepristone for the women who will swallow them. (womenonwaves.org)
  • Over the past four years, Aid Access says it has delivered abortion medication - mifepristone and misoprostol - to more than 30,000 Americans across all 50 states, including the 19 conservative states that currently ban telemedicine abortion. (vox.com)
  • This is a landmark decision for women," Marie Stopes UK's managing director, Richard Bentley, said in a statement. (medscape.com)