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Journal of the Royal Society of Health, 1995
Induced abortion is widely practised in Taiwan; however, it had been illegal until 1985. It was of interest to investigate induced abortion practices in Taiwan after its legalization in 1985 in order to calculate the prevalence rate and ratio of induced abor tion to live births and to pregnancies in Taiwan.
RS Lin, Pair Dong Wang
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Induced abortion is widely practised in Taiwan; however, it had been illegal until 1985. It was of interest to investigate induced abortion practices in Taiwan after its legalization in 1985 in order to calculate the prevalence rate and ratio of induced abor tion to live births and to pregnancies in Taiwan.
RS Lin, Pair Dong Wang
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Studies in Family Planning, 1993
Induced abortion is one of the most difficult sociomedical problems facing the Indonesian government. While well-known in traditional society, the practice was discouraged by all Indonesian religious groups, and forbidden by the Dutch colonial authorities.
Sarsanto W. Sarwono +2 more
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Induced abortion is one of the most difficult sociomedical problems facing the Indonesian government. While well-known in traditional society, the practice was discouraged by all Indonesian religious groups, and forbidden by the Dutch colonial authorities.
Sarsanto W. Sarwono +2 more
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2006
Publisher Summary Induced abortions have been used to terminate unwanted pregnancies by artificial measures for centuries. This chapter discusses the history of induced abortion in the world, especially in the United States. It also reviews the reasons a woman or a couple would want an abortion and some of the controversies surrounding this procedure.
Richard E. Jones, Kristin H. Lopez
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Publisher Summary Induced abortions have been used to terminate unwanted pregnancies by artificial measures for centuries. This chapter discusses the history of induced abortion in the world, especially in the United States. It also reviews the reasons a woman or a couple would want an abortion and some of the controversies surrounding this procedure.
Richard E. Jones, Kristin H. Lopez
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Public health, induced abortion, and spontaneous abortion
Bioethics, 2021AbstractBruce P. Blackshaw and Daniel Rodger contend that if we assume fetuses are persons, then abortion is a public health crisis that justifies overriding a gestational mother's rights and compelling her to carry the fetus to term, but dawdle addressing greater public health crises like spontaneous abortion and hunger.
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Induced Abortion and Fertility
International Family Planning Perspectives, 1985Even in countries with high rates of legal induced abortion, contraceptive use and marital patterns nearly always have a greater impact on fertility levels than does abortion. As a rule, extremely high rates of abortion--three or more abortions per woman of childbearing age during the reproductive years--are required for the fertility-inhibiting effect
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2000
Focusing on the United States, this chapter provides an overview of abortion services, the reasons women seek induced abortions, and the characteristics of women who obtain abortions. Legal induced abortions in the United States are provided in various health care settings, including hospitals, freestanding surgical centers, abortion clinics, and ...
Audrey F. Saftlas, Hani K. Atrash
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Focusing on the United States, this chapter provides an overview of abortion services, the reasons women seek induced abortions, and the characteristics of women who obtain abortions. Legal induced abortions in the United States are provided in various health care settings, including hospitals, freestanding surgical centers, abortion clinics, and ...
Audrey F. Saftlas, Hani K. Atrash
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Induced Abortion and Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 1978The modern women's emancipation movement, concerned with the right of women for self-determination in the question of abortion, embraces the assumption, borne out by most recent epidemiological studies, that abortion does not produce psychological damage in most women.
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Theriogenology, 1977
Abstract Several procedures were used to abort cattle during the second and third trimesters of gestation. The treatment to abortion interval was better (P 0.05). Prostaglandin F 2α produced abortion 1 to 4 days following direct administration into the foetai fluids.
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Abstract Several procedures were used to abort cattle during the second and third trimesters of gestation. The treatment to abortion interval was better (P 0.05). Prostaglandin F 2α produced abortion 1 to 4 days following direct administration into the foetai fluids.
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The causes of induced abortion
Population Studies, 1969Abstract In drawing conclusions about the causes of induced abortion, Treffers (Population Studies 20, pp. 295ff) assumed that spontaneous abortion is unrelated to psychological and sociological variables. It is suggested that these assumptions may be false. Some remarks are appended on the mode of ascertainment of abortions and its relation to their
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Psychiatric aspects of induced abortion
Archives of Women's Mental Health, 2001Approximately one third of the women in the United States have an abortion during their lives. In the year 2008, 1.21 million abortions were performed in the United States (Jones and Koolstra, Perspect Sex Reprod Health 43:41-50, 2011). The psychiatric outcomes of abortion are scientifically well established (Adler et al., Science 248:41-43, 1990 ...
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