Acknowledgments: The authors gratefully acknowledge Susheela Singh for her guidance in the conceptualization of this chapter.

BACKGROUND Previously, the authors found that risk of spontaneous abortion was increased in the pregnancies of women with epilepsy compared with their same-sex siblings, which could have implications for risk of epilepsy in their offspring. An association between a history of spontaneous abortion in the mother and risk of epilepsy in her live-born offspring may arise through selective loss of f...

Although ABO incompatibility between mother and fetus has long been suspected as cause of spontaneous abortion in man, its precise contribution has not been completely resolved. In spite of reports in which the incompatible mating was recognized to be a cause of habitual abortion, and which eventually results in infertility or a reduction in the number of living children compared with the numbe...

Introduction To evaluate the effect of method induced abortion and other abortion-associated variables on incidence fear childbirth in subsequent pregnancy. Material methods This population-based register study cohort includes all nulliparous women with their first pregnancy ending an 2000-2015 live singleton delivery between 2000 2017 (n = 21 479). Data were derived from three national registe...

FOR my presidential address to the Society I have chosen a subject which, although having a certain suggestion of impropriety, is none the less of such importance that I have no hesitation in enlisting your interest in it. Over the last number of years the incidence of abortion shows a steady increase. In the Gynaecological Flat of our Belfast Union Infirmary, in which there are forty-seven bed...

abortion can lead to major economic losses. l. monocytogenes and l. ivanovii can cause infertility and abortion. considering the importance of what mentioned, present study was conducted to detection of l. monocytogenes and  l. ivanovii in bovine abortion from shahrekord, iran. vaginal discharge from 36 aborted cows were investigated to  detection of l. monocytogenes and l. ivanovii. the sample...

The association between abortion and breast cancer was first reported in 1981 by Pike. Since that time there have been over 35 publications worldwide that have evaluated this association in an attempt to definitively answer the question of whether abortion is an aetiologic factor in the multicausal web of breast cancer. The results of these studies, both case control and cohort, have been mixed...

The Zika outbreak of 2015-7 is a lens to analyse the positioning abortion within in global health security. sequelae virus almost exclusively affected newborn children, manifested through Congenital Syndrome (CZS), and focus on women at risk of, planning or being pregnant. At level, debate considered whether would provide impetus for regulatory change reproductive rights Latin America, region w...

BACKGROUND The commonest reason for undertaking termination of pregnancy (TOP) in the UK is as defined by Clause 2 of the Abortion Act. There are no agreed criteria for defining 'recurrent abortion seekers'. We aimed to review the characteristics of women requesting termination of at least two consecutive pregnancies within 24 months of the first and to identify any factors for seeking repeat T...

Background: Study question: what is the effect of advanced aged in pregnant women using assisted reproductive technology on the rate of miscarriages? Summary answer: the advanced age effects on the rate of miscarriages. What is known already: It is well known that miscarriage risk increases with age. The proportion of women giving birth after 35 years of age has risen considerably in developing...