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How pro- and anti-abortion activists use encrypted messaging apps in post- America

Big Data & Society, 2023
In a post- Roe America, abortion-rights activists are scrambling to protect reproductive rights. Communication on open social media platforms like Facebook can now be used to prosecute those seeking an illegal abortion in a frightening entanglement of ...
Zelly C Martin, Martin Johannes Riedl, Samuel C Woolley   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Illegal abortion in Addis Ababa Ethiopia

East African Medical Journal, 2001
To identify the primary abortionist while the patient is in the hospital; to determine the type of materials used to terminate the pregnancy; to determine the number of attempts made to terminate the index pregnancy and; to characterise women with induced abortions at five hospitals in the City of Addis Ababa.Cross-sectional hospital-based descriptive ...
Tadesse, E., Yosephi, S., Gasso, A., Muletta, E., Pogharian, D., Ketsella, K., Hawaz, Z.   +6 more
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Occurrence and predictors of abortion among women of the reproductive age group in a block of Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India

Indian Journal of Public Health, 2019
Background: Despite being a sensitive and less explored issue, abortion is a major preventable cause of maternal morbidity and mortality affecting millions of women in developing countries. Objectives: The study aimed to determine the occurrence, nature,
Pallabi Dasgupta, Romy Biswas, Dilip Kumar Das, Jayanta Kumar Roy   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Legalisation of abortion in a poor-resource setting: nigerian undergraduates' perspectives

Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2023
Background: Abortion is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality amongst Nigerian women in a country with restrictive abortion laws. Despite being illegal, abortions are still performed, and about 50% of abortions are performed by untrained ...
Funmito Omolola Fehintola, Idowu Ajibola, Samuel Anu Olowookere, Yemisi Roseline Akande, Tolulope Komolafe, Emmanuel Eledah, Eniola Faneye, Seun Oyewale   +7 more
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Occurrence and Human Health Implications of Legacy Organochlorine Pesticides and Their Metabolites in Fruits and Vegetables of Bangladesh

Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.
Multiple OCP isomers and/or metabolites along with their parent compounds were detected in commonly consumed fruits and vegetables of Bangladesh, possibly attributed to both recently and historically applied OCPs. However, all the detected values were below 0.01 mg/kg, indicating no potential human health risks through dietary intake. ABSTRACT Globally,
Kazi Sanjana Adnen, Shamima Jahan Sweety, Sadia Shahana Tisha, Md. Mahbubul Hoque, Tanmoy Roy Tusher   +4 more
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Neteisėto aborto kriminalizavimas Lietuvoje ir kitose Europos valstybėse

Teisė, 2010
Straipsnyje analizuojama neteisėto aborto sudėtis ir pateikiamas teisinis įvertinimas, taip pat apžvelgia­mi gyvybės apsaugos koncepcijos ypatumai. Neteisėtas abortas pasižymi dideliu latentiškumu ir nesu­laukia didesnio dėmesio baudžiamosios teisės ...
Andžej Čaikovski, Inga Žukovaitė
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Induced abortion in the world: 2. Present views on pregnancy termination

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Abortion was practiced in most cultures for millennia, but was often disapproved and banned. The 20th century witnessed a progressive conditional legalization, often with limitations for the duration of pregnancy. Legalizing abortion was driven by multiple factors, including a desire to limit population growth, the emergence of movements that ...
Giuseppe Benagiano, Kristina Gemzell‐Danielsson, Marwan Habiba, Salvatore Mancuso, Shantha Shantha‐Kumari   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

“#Repealthe8th”: Ireland, Abortion Access and the Movement to Remove the Eighth Amendment

Antropologia, 2018
Abortion is illegal in almost all circumstances in Ireland, permitted only where there is a risk to the life of the woman due to the eighth amendment to the Irish Constitution. While abortion is banned, women living in Ireland do access abortion; they do
Sinéad Kennedy
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Induced abortion in the world: 3. In search of a minimum common ground

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract The rising worldwide trend toward legalization of termination of pregnancy has been accompanied by increased polarization around abortion. Two opposite broad coalitions emerged from this confrontation, generally known as the “pro‐life” and “pro‐choice” movements. The basic issue for pro‐life advocates is that the protection of “innocent, human
Giuseppe Benagiano, Kristina Gemzell‐Danielsson, Marwan Habiba, Salvatore Mancuso, Shantha Shantha‐Kumari   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The politics of impact: How political ideology shapes perceptions of the environmental impact of individual actions

Journal of Consumer Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Although consumers who engage in the same sustainable behaviors objectively have the same environmental impact, this research finds that people's perceptions of that impact are subjective and systematically shaped by political ideology. Seven studies demonstrate that conservatives tend to perceive their sustainable actions to have less of a ...
Aylin Cakanlar, Katherine White, Remi Trudel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source