Abortion
hideAn abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus/embryo, resulting in or caused by its death. An abortion can occur spontaneously due to complications during pregnancy or can be induced, in humans and other species. In the context of human pregnancies, an abortion induced to preserve the health of the gravida (pregnant female) is termed a therapeutic abortion, while an abortion induced for any other reason is termed an elective abortion. The term abortion most commonly refers to the induced abortion of a human pregnancy, while spontaneous abortions are usually termed miscarriages.
Abortion has a long history and has been induced by various methods including herbal abortifacients, the use of sharpened tools, physical trauma and other traditional methods. Contemporary medicine utilizes medications and surgical procedures to induce abortion. The legality, prevalence, and cultural views on abortion vary substantially around the world. In many parts of the world there is prominent and divisive public controversy over the ethical and legal issues of abortion. Abortion and abortion-related issues feature prominently in the national politics in many nations often involving the opposing pro-life and pro-choice worldwide social movements. Incidence of abortion has declined worldwide, as access to family planning education and contraceptive services has increased. Abortion incidence in the United States declined 8% from 1996 to 2003.
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Side effects not always due to swine flu shot
Oct 31, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Hundreds of people on any given day will die, develop the paralyzing Guillain-Barre syndrome or have spontaneous abortions, and that doesn't necessarily mean that their swine flu vaccination shot was to blame, a ...
Report: Unsafe abortions kill 70,000 annually
Oct 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Increased contraceptive use has led to fewer abortions worldwide, but deaths from unsafe abortion remain a severe problem, killing 70,000 women a year, a research institute reported Tuesday in a major ...
Tunisian woman expecting 12 babies: reports
Aug 18, 2009 |
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A Tunisian woman is due to give birth to 12 babies, which could be a world record, press reports said Tuesday, quoting doctors.
RU-486 abortion drug to be allowed in Italy
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 31, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Italy has approved the use of the abortion drug RU-486, drawing fierce protests by the Vatican.
Pregnancy likely to be swine flu shot priority
Jul 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Swine flu has been hitting pregnant women unusually hard, so they are likely to be among the first group advised to get a new swine flu shot this fall.
Abortion pill used in a quarter of US abortions
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Roughly a fourth of American women getting early abortions last year did so with drugs rather than surgery, statistics show, as a new study reported improved safety in using the so-called "abortion pill."
N.Irish sextuplets mum ignored advice to abort
Jun 14, 2009 |
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A mother who gave birth to sextuplets told a British Sunday newspaper that she rejected doctors' advice to abort several of the foetuses because her children were a "gift from God".
US abortion views shift, majority are 'pro-life': poll
May 15, 2009 |
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US opinion on abortion has shifted with, for the first time in nearly 15 years, a narrow 51-percent majority identifying themselves as "pro-life," according to a new Gallup poll published Friday.
Selective sex abortion causes 32 million excess males in China
Apr 10, 2009 |
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Selective abortion in favour of males has left China with 32 million more boys than girls, creating an imbalance that will endure for decades, an investigation released on Friday warned.
China fights gerbil plague with 'the pill'
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Authorities in northwestern China have resorted to using a contraception-abortion pill to rein in a plague of gerbils which is threatening the local desert ecosystem, state media said Wednesday.
Peru study shows restrictive law fails to limit number of abortions
Feb 02, 2009 |
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Despite abortion being severely legally restricted - and potentially unsafe - in Peru, the incidence of abortion is as high as or higher than the incidence in many countries where it is legal and safe, found researchers from ...
Abortion and miscarriage bring psychiatric risk
Dec 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Drug and alcohol problems and psychiatric disorders are more likely in women who have had an abortion or miscarriage, a University of Queensland study has found.
Are young men and women divided over housework, abortion?
Aug 13, 2008 |
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Young people from 10 countries around the world have shared their views on housework and abortion issues in a new study from the University of Adelaide, Australia.
