An update on issues relating to abortion,
produced for bpas
 
Monthly archive: July 2008
 
  2 July 2008

Comment: Beyond the dogma - the real abortion debate

Dolan Cummings, editor of Culture Wars, reports on the debate ‘What’s so bad about abortion?’ at the BPAS conference in June. 

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  1 July 2008

USA: A psychosocial profile of adolescent abortion patients

This study examined the psychosocial problems of a sample of adolescent women who presented for a pregnancy termination appointment at a family planning clinic located in the southeastern region of the United States. 

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  1 July 2008

UK: Literature on medical abortion

This literature review aims to supplement guidelines by providing an overview of recent evidence relevant to medical termination of pregnancy.

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  1 July 2008

USA: Abortion care for adolescents

This article notes that over 800,000 pregnancies occur among adolescents annually in the United States. The majority of teen pregnancies are unintended and one-third of these pregnancies end in abortion.

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  1 July 2008

Italy: Unusual histologic finding in tissue obtained from voluntary abortion

An unusual histologic finding in tissue obtained from voluntary pregnancy termination (VPT) is discussed in this case report, to demonstrate the utility of pathologic examination of this specimen.

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  1 July 2008

Iceland: Congenital diaphragmatic hernia and abortion decision making

This study aimed to compare surgical results for congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) in two Scandinavian university hospitals and to evaluate the effects of abortions on the clinical profile of CDH in Iceland.

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