Health
What will happen if medication abortion challenge succeeds?
Medication abortions in the United States usually involve two different drugs.
Mar 15, 2023
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Pediatrics
Consensual sex typically doesn't begin before teen years, study finds
(HealthDay)—It's rare for children in the United States aged 10 to 12 to be sexually active, especially on a voluntary basis, a new study finds. However, almost one in five teens has had sex before age 15, and 16,000 girls ...
Apr 1, 2013
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Experts examine the abortion rights landscape a year after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade
It's been almost a year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, dismantling the constitutional right to abortion more than 50 years after the case was decided.
Jun 21, 2023
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EXPLAINER: Pregnancy complications under abortion spotlight
Serious pregnancy complications are rare in the United States but they still affect thousands of women each year.
Aug 22, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
First of its kind study seeks to answer whether effects of 'abortion pill' can be reversed
Women who initiate medical abortion but opt to stop in the middle of treatment may be at risk for serious blood loss, a UC Davis Health study finds. Researchers found this is true even for women who use an experimental treatment ...
Dec 5, 2019
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Supreme court allows legal challenges to Texas abortion law, but doesn't overturn it
(HealthDay)—Abortion providers in Texas can sue state officials in federal court over the state's new abortion law, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday, but it refused to block the law while such legal actions may be taken.
Dec 10, 2021
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Analysis suggests 2021 Texas abortion ban resulted in nearly 9,800 more live births in year after law went into effect
In a research letter published online today in JAMA, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health estimate that a Texas abortion ban that went into effect in September 2021 was associated with 9,799 ...
Jun 29, 2023
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Abortions in Africa rise despite ban on aid for such procedures
(Medical Xpress) -- Two days after taking office as president, George W. Bush did what was widely expected: He adopted a Reagan-era policy that cut cash to all nongovernmental organizations operating abroad that provided ...
Oct 10, 2011
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Research on medical abortion and miscarriage may change international routines
Two scientific studies led by researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet are expected to form the basis of new international recommendations for the treatment of medical abortions and miscarriages. One of the studies, ...
Mar 27, 2015
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Quadrivalent HPV vaccine not tied to spontaneous abortion
(HealthDay)—The quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (4vHPV) is not associated with an increased risk of spontaneous abortion when inadvertently given before or during pregnancy, according to a study published in the ...
Jul 16, 2018
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