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Legal Abortions in an Indian State

Studies in Family Planning, 1977
Induced abortion in India was liberalized by the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, which became effective in April 1972. Analysis of 8,073 abortions performed in the state of Karnataka between April 1972 and March 1975 indicates that abortions have increased rapidly since legalization.
N, Baskara, R, Kanbargi
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LEGALIZED ABORTION AND THE MURDER OF NEWBORNS

Psychological Reports, 2005
The legalization of abortion in five states in 1970 and the rest of the American states in 1973 did not appear to result in a decline in the murder rate of babies.
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Legal abortion: a painful necessity

Social Science & Medicine, 2001
This study was conducted to increase knowledge about the psychosocial background and current living conditions of Swedish women seeking abortion, along with their motives for abortion and their feelings towards pregnancy and abortion. Two hundred and eleven women answered a questionnaire when they consulted the gynaecologist for the first time.
A, Kero, U, Högberg, L, Jacobsson, A, Lalos   +3 more
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Legalized Abortion: The Singapore Experience

Studies in Family Planning, 1985
Abortion has been legal since 1970 in Singapore. This report traces the events leading to the liberalization of abortion laws and examines women's changing attitudes toward abortion, in Singapore. The method of abortion practiced by obstetricians, postabortal sterilization, and the effect of legalized abortion on the incidence of illegal abortion in ...
A J, Chen, S C, Emmanuel, S L, Ling, S B, Kwa   +3 more
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Legal Abortion

Scientific American, 1977
C, Tietze, S, Lewit
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Public opinion and the legalization of abortion

Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, 1985
Variation in Canadian public approval for legalized abortion was analyzed by bivariate and multivariate methods. 341 respondents from Edmonton Alberta answered a 6-point questionnaire in 1977. Results of the questionnaire indicated that 85-93% felt that abortion should be available to women for health or genetic reasons; 47-51% thought that abortion ...
T F, Hartnagel, J J, Creechan, R A, Silverman   +2 more
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Legal abortion and placenta previa

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1984
Legal abortion has been postulated to be a risk factor for placenta previa in subsequent pregnancies. To examine this hypothesis, we analyzed the deliveries of 28,665 women. We identified 68 women who had had placenta previa and compared their obstetric histories with those of 68 controls randomly selected from the same group of deliveries.
D A, Grimes, T, Techman
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Legal guidelines for the performance of abortions

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1975
Abortion is a nationwide problem. This paper summarizes the original decisions of the Supreme Court and interprets those decisions and subsequent decisions of the various federal and state cases as they apply to physicians and hospitals. The legal duties, obligations, and responsibilities as well as the rights of health care providers in providing ...
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The Tunisian Experience in Legal Abortion

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 1980
ABSTRACTIn 1965, Tunisia became the first Moslem country to liberalize abortion laws. This paper is a review of Tunisia's experience and is, therefore, significant to other Moslem countries. The experience is also of interest to the developing world, as it demonstrates that such liberalization does not lead to excessive use or abuse of abortion, nor ...
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Legal Regulation of Abortion in Poland

Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 1991
A B O R T I O N LAW is a hotly debated topic in Poland. A draft bill was introduced into Parliament in summer 1989 that would have banned abortions totally, imposing severe penalties on both physicians performing the procedure and women undergoing it. After vigorous debate, a modified second draft was submitted in summer 1990.
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