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BACKGROUND Women who have more than one abortion are often the "targets" for social and clinical interventions geared at preventing "repeat abortions." Such an approach ignores the unique circumstances that may surround each abortion. STUDY DESIGN We qualitatively analyzed the history of 10 women who have had more than one abortion who were participating in a larger study of women's emotional...

BACKGROUND Induced abortion is the most common gynaecological procedure in Scotland. Despite several recent initiatives to improve the quality of abortion care, inappropriate variations in care remain. OBJECTIVE To identify and explore factors that enable or constrain the provision of high-quality induced abortion care in Scotland. METHODS Interviews with a range of key informants with diff...

According to the GMHS, 7% of all pregnancies end in abortion (Figure 1, page 2), and 15% of women aged 15 –49 have ever had an abortion.1 About 15 abortions are performed for every 1,000 women of reproductive age (15–44) each year. According to a study conducted in the late 1990s in southern Ghana, 17 abortions were observed for every 1,000 women of reproductive age.5 The level of abortion in G...