RATIONALE Most research in mental health and abortion has examined factors associated with post-abortion psychological health. However, research that follows women from before to after their abortion consistently finds that depressive, anxiety, and stress symptoms are highest just before an abortion compared to any time afterwards. OBJECTIVE This finding suggests that studies investigating ps...

BACKGROUND Although repeat induced abortion is common, data concerning characteristics of women undergoing this procedure are lacking. We conducted this study to identify the characteristics, including history of physical abuse by a male partner and history of sexual abuse, of women who present for repeat induced abortion. METHODS We surveyed a consecutive series of women presenting for initi...

ewe abortion and neonatal mortality are serious problems to sheep farmer. the objective of this paper was to report isolation of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae from aborted fetuses in a flock in tehran, iran. abortion occurred in 10% of ewes in the flock. the fetuses were well developed and pinpoint, necrotic-like lesions were recorded on the placental cotyledons, whilst the inter -cotyledonary a...

human parvovirus b19 is a very common viral infection especially in school-aged children. the infection during pregnancy can affect the fetus due to lack of mother's immunity. although, there is still no evidence of fetal teratogenic effects with parvovirus b19, but non-immune fetal hydrops and abortion may be caused by vertical transmission of the virus during pregnancy. this study was aimed t...

Abortion is illegal in Uganda except to save the life of the woman. Nevertheless, the practice is quite common: about 300,000 induced abortions occur annually among Ugandan women aged 15-49 (Singh et al., 2005) and a large proportion of these women require treatment for post-abortion complications. In the male-dominant culture of Uganda, where men control most of the financial resources, men pl...

BACKGROUND Abortion is a public health concern because of its impact on maternal morbidity and mortality. Each year, about 79 million unintended pregnancies, excluding miscarriage, occur worldwide. More than half of these unintended pregnancies end in abortion. The purpose of this study was to determine the ever-event incidence of abortion (spontaneous and induced) and some related factors in a...

BACKGROUND Abortion is a serious public health issue, and it poses high risks to the health and life of women. Yet safe abortion services are not readily available because few doctors are trained to provide such services. Many doctors are unaware of laws pertaining to abortion. This article reports survey findings on Malaysian medical students' attitudes toward abortion education and presents a...

BACKGROUND Despite changes to the abortion legislation in South Africa in 1996, barriers to women accessing abortion services still exist including provider opposition to abortions and a shortage of trained and willing abortion care providers. The dearth of abortion providers undermines the availability of safe, legal abortion, and has serious implications for women's access to abortion service...