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Why Abortion is Illegal? Comparison of Legal and Illegal Abortion: A Critical Review.
Mymensingh medical journal : MMJ, 2019Abortion is the termination of pregnancy that occurs spontaneously or purposely. In the most developed world, abortion is legally allowed for women seeking safe termination of pregnancies. Particularly, when access to legal abortion is restricted, abortion is the resort to unsafe methods.
M E, Huq +6 more
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Risks and costs of illegally induced abortion in Bangladesh
Journal of Biosocial Science, 1984SummaryThis article reports on women admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for incomplete, illegally induced abortion. Women with low complication rates more often had abortions induced by medical practitioners. These women were younger, of lower parity and better educated than women having abortions initiated by other practitioners.
A R, Khan +5 more
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Motherhood, Citizenship, and Rights: Illegal Abortions in Turkey
Women's Studies, 2019In many places, abortion has long been an issue at the heart of women’s movements and feminist politics.
O'Neil, Mary Lou +2 more
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[Illegal abortion with misoprostol in Guadeloupe].
Journal de gynecologie, obstetrique et biologie de la reproduction, 2013The aim of this study was to describe the typical profile, and to assess the motivations of women who underwent illegal abortion with misoprostol in Guadeloupe (French West Indies).We conducted a 1-year prospective study on women who consulted after failure or complication of an illegal abortion with misoprostol.Fifty-two cases of illegal abortion with
M, Manouana +3 more
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Sanctions for Performing Illegal Abortions
Soviet Law and Government, 1978Criminal sanctions for performing illegal abortions are provided for in Article 116 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR. Abortion means artificial interruption of pregnancy at any stage. An abortion is regarded as illegal if performed in violation of specified conditions.
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Illegal induced abortion — A continuing problem in Nigeria
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 1991AbstractIllegal induced abortion is still a major contributing factor to maternal morbidity and mortality in Nigeria. It is very common among school girls who are still ignorant of contraception. A good percentage of the abortions are procured by nonmedically qualified personnel.
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On the incidence of illegal abortion.
Population studies, 2012Abstract If the medical, social, and demographic effects of the Abortion Act are to be properly assessed, it is essential to have reliable estimates of the number of abortions illegally procured in Britain before the Act came into operation on 27th April 1968.
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Induced Illegal Abortions in Benin City, Nigeria
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 1976Abortions of all types constitute about 25% of our gynaecological admissions. In 8 months period between July 1974 and February 1975, 59 patients admitted into our unit with confirmed illegally induced abortions were studied personally by the author. It was found that most patients with this type of abortion were single, young schoolgirls.
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"Estimates of Illegal Abortions in Israel, 1980-83"
Studies in Family Planning, 1990Since the legalization of abortion in Israel in the late 1970s, only aggregate information on legal abortions has been available. A brief history of the public debate and relevant legislation concerning induced abortions in Israel is presented in the first part of this report.
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