7 W ith a grim inevitability, the issue of restrictions on insurance coverage for abortion moved to center stage as the congressional health care reform debate came to a head in the fall of 2009. What was less predictable, perhaps, was that abortion opponents would misuse Guttmacher Institute research to bolster their assertion that anything short of a flat ban on coverage of the procedure woul...

Background: Abortion is associated with 4.7% to 13.2% of maternal deaths. In the Brebes Regency, spontaneous abortion incidence was 15% in 2014, which various factors may cause.Objective: This study aims analyse association between age, education level, employment status, and haemoglobin (Hb) levels abortion.Methods: a quantitative using case-control design. The comprised sample 78 females chil...

The purpose of this study was to examine associations between abortion history and a wide range of anxiety (panic disorder, panic attacks, PTSD, Agoraphobia), mood (bipolar disorder, mania, major depression), and substance abuse disorders (alcohol and drug abuse and dependence) using a nationally representative US sample, the national comorbidity survey. Abortion was found to be related to an i...

CONTEXT In Mexico, where abortion remains largely illegal and clandestine, reliable data on induced abortion and related morbidity are critical for informing policies and programs. The only available national estimate of abortion is for 1990, and demographic and socioeconomic changes since then have likely affected abortion incidence. METHODS This study used official statistics on women treat...

BACKGROUND The long-term safety of surgical abortion in the first trimester is well established. Despite the increasing use of medical abortion (abortion by means of medication), limited information is available regarding the effects of this procedure on subsequent pregnancies. METHODS We identified all women living in Denmark who had undergone an abortion for nonmedical reasons between 1999 ...

CONTEXT Although Guatemalan law permits induced abortion only to save a woman's life, many women obtain abortions, often under unsafe conditions and in response to an unintended pregnancy. Recent studies indicate that unsafe abortion is a key factor contributing to maternal morbidity and mortality in the country, but no national data on the incidence of abortion exist. METHODS Surveys of all ...

Misoprostol is an effective and increasingly popular medication abortion option, especially in developing countries where abortion remains legally restricted. Taking a pill is noninvasive and the method does not require sophisticated storage. In settings where abortion is legally restricted, women can purchase the drug at pharmacies, often without a prescription, and self-administer it. Yet mea...

Along with the prevalence of abortion services, the development of methods of early medical (nonsurgical) abortion has the potential to affect the availability and utilization of these services. By 1995, mifepristone, in combination with a prostaglandin, was offered on a limited basis under experimental protocols up to 63 days from the woman’s last menstrual period; however, this method has not...