An update on issues relating to abortion,
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Medical update
 
  13 November 2011

Canada: Advanced reproductive age and fertility

The study’s objective was to improve awareness of the natural age-related decline in female and male fertility with respect to natural fertility and assisted reproductive technologies (ART) and provide recommendations for their management, and to review investigations in the assessment of ovarian aging. From Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada.

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12 November 2011

UK: The role of ambulation during medical termination of pregnancy

This was a prospective patient-preference study carried out among 130 women with pregnancies up to 63 days of gestation fulfilling the requirements of the 1967 Abortion Act and undergoing medical termination of pregnancy. From Contraception. 

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  12 November 2011

USA: Intrauterine contraceptive insertion post-abortion

This systematic review was conducted to evaluate the evidence regarding the safety and effectiveness of intrauterine device (IUD) insertion immediately following spontaneous or induced abortion. From Contraception. 

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  12 November 2011

Australia: Intracervical procedures and the risk of subsequent very preterm birth

This was a population-based case-control study, which set out to investigate the relation of prior intracervical procedures with very preterm birth. From Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica.

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  11 November 2011

Germany: Second- and third-trimester termination of pregnancy in women with uterine scar

This study was conducted to evaluate and analyze the efficacy and safety of using gemeprost for second- and third-trimester termination of pregnancy (TOP) in women with uterine scar due to previous cesarean section. From Contraception.

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  10 November 2011

USA: Perceptions of family planning and abortion education

The purpose of this study was to assess medical students’ satisfaction with family planning education at a faith-based medical school. From Contraception.

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  10 November 2011

Canada: Abortion counselling and the informed consent dilemma

From Bioethics. 

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