Factors associated with pregnancy termination in six sub-Saharan African countries. [PDF]
PLOS Global Public HealthPregnancy termination continues to be a leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality among young women in Africa. The sub-Saharan Africa region has the highest rate of abortion-related deaths in the world, at 185 maternal deaths per 100,000 ...
Rahel Nega Kassa +6 more
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Attitudes toward prenatal diagnosis and termination of pregnancy in Saudi Arabia [PDF]
, 2004 INTRODUCTION: Advances in molecular biology will soon make it possible to offer parents prenatal testing for a large number of different genetic disorders.
Alsulaiman, Ayman
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Trends, spatiotemporal variation and decomposition analysis of pregnancy termination among women of reproductive age in Ethiopia: Evidence from the Ethiopian demographic and health survey, from 2000 to 2016 [PDF]
HeliyonBackground: Pregnancy termination is a major public health problem, and complications of unsafe abortion are among the proximate and major causes of maternal mortality.
Tsion Mulat Tebeje +7 more
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A qualitative exploration of the reasons and influencing factors for pregnancy termination among young women in Soweto, South Africa: a Socio-ecological perspective [PDF]
Reproductive HealthBackground Pregnancy termination is an essential component of reproductive healthcare. In Southern Africa, an estimated 23% of all pregnancies end in termination of pregnancy, against a backdrop of high rates of unintended pregnancies and unsafe ...
Khuthala Mabetha +5 more
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PLOS Global Public Health, 2023 Lack of access to safe, affordable, timely and adequate pregnancy termination care, and the stigma associated with abortion in low-middle income countries (LMICs), pose a serious risk to women's physical and mental well-being throughout the lifespan ...
Djibril M Ba +6 more
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The termination of the late pregnancy in Serbian law and comparative European law [PDF]
Zbornik Radova: Pravni Fakultet u Novom Sadu, 2015 The termination of the late pregnancy causes legal, medical and ethical dilemmas. This is due to the development of fetus if pregnancy is late one and complexity of the needed medical procedures. Legal regime of the termination of late pregnancy contains
Kovaček-Stanić Gordana B.
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Psychological Reactions in Women with Pregnancy Termination Due to Fetal Anomaly
Gynecology Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine, 2021 OBJECTIVE: We aimed to determine and compare grief, depression, and post-traumatic stress scores in women who underwent termination of pregnancy due to fetal anomaly in the first vs. second-trimester of pregnancy.
Gurcan Turkyilmaz +3 more
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Women’s experiences of coping with pregnancy\ud termination for fetal abnormality [PDF]
, 2013 Pregnancy termination for fetal abnormality (TFA) can have significant psychological consequences. Most research focus on measuring the psychological outcome of TFA,\ud and little is known about the coping strategies involved.
Lafarge, Caroline +2 more
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Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2020 Background: Nepal government has legalized abortion and approved both medical abortion and manual vacuum aspiration for first trimester pregnancy. However, there is inadequate evidence in our setup to comment on the acceptability and complications of ...
Kanti Prabha Giri, Ganesh Dangal
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020 Background Three-quarters of pregnancy terminations in Africa are carried out in unsafe conditions. Unsafe abortion is the leading cause of maternal mortality among 15–24 year-old women in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Franklin I. Onukwugha +3 more
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