We report a case of a 38-year-old woman with recurrent spontaneous abortion who gave birth to a thrombocytopenic neonate after immunotherapy with husband’ s leucocytes. A 38-year-old healthy female consulted the Department of Immunology and Histocompatibility Center in Thessaloniki. Medical history taken from the woman revealed two abortions. She was pregnant in 1999 and aborted at approximatel...

CONTEXT Although abortion was made legal in Colombia under selected circumstances in 2006, no national studies have examined whether the incidence of the procedure has changed since the previous estimate in 1989. METHODS Data on the number of women treated for abortion complications were obtained from a nationally representative survey of 300 public and private health facilities, and estimate...

Five cases of asymptomatic maternal reinfection with rubella are described that occurred in England and Wales during 1985-8 and resulted in intrauterine infection. The criteria for diagnosing reinfection are described. In four cases the rubella contact was with the woman's own children. Two women had therapeutic abortions, rubella virus being recovered from the products of conception, and three...

Reproduction and motherhood are among the most important components of women's identity throughout Mexico and, for many women, are the only vehicles for gaining recognition and status in the family and community. At the same time, however, abortion is a central experience in the lives of many women and carries with it the complexities and contradictions of women's reproductive and sexual health...

In Hohoe, Ghana, induced abortion is the second highest cause of hospital admissions. We aimed to describe factors influencing induced abortion among 408 randomly selected women aged 15-49 years. 21% of the women had had an abortion; of those, 36% said they did not want to disrupt their education or employment; 66% of the abortions were performed by doctors. Bivariate logistic regression showed...

BACKGROUND Despite a liberal Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) act and awareness of family planning, maternal mortality attributable to induced abortion is high. AIMS Assess attitude, behavior, practices and utilization of services by rural women for induced abortion and concurrent acceptance of contraception. SETTINGS AND DESIGN Cross sectional survey of eligible married women in 13 s...

Research has consistently shown that high rates of abortion reflect high levels of unintended pregnancy, and that is certainly the case in Nigeria. Of the estimated 6.8 million pregnancies that occur annually in Nigeria, one in five are unplanned, and half of these end in an induced abortion (Figure 1, page 2). This issue brief highlights the latest scientific evidence on the causes and consequ...

To evaluate the relationship between abortions and risk of breast cancer, we conducted a case-control study with 669 cases and 682 population-based controls in Jiangsu Province of China. A structured questionnaire was used to elicit detailed information. Unconditional logistic regression analysis was performed to calculate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). The results have r...

The demand for abortion and the incidence of unsafe are still very high. About 45% all abortions worldwide abortions. Unsafe is a public health problem one causes maternal morbidity mortality. In this article, we report 2 cases uterine perforation after provocation or induced due to unwanted pregnancy. diagnosis was established by clinical suspicion exploratory laparotomy. Many factors affect a...