A long-term fall in the global abortion rate has tapered off and the number of unsafe pregnancy terminations is rising worryingly, according to a report published by The Lancet on Thursday.
Jan 19, 2012
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The overturn of Roe v. Wade leaves the decision of whether abortion is legal or not up to the states to decide. Concerns on what restrictions this will place on life-threatening cases have been voiced by medical professionals ...
Jun 30, 2022
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The repercussions of overturning Roe v. Wade—and the failure of the Supreme Court to provide any guidance on exceptions related to the life and health of the mother—are potentially catastrophic for a subset of women who ...
Aug 15, 2022
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An extreme form of pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting known as hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) takes a heavy toll on thousands of women each year and can lead to hospitalization and pregnancy termination. But new research ...
Aug 23, 2011
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Workplace exposure to organic solvents is linked to several types of heart defects at birth, indicates research published online in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Jul 17, 2012
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A Harvard-led study has identified genetic markers associated with preeclampsia and gestational hypertension in a large cohort study. In the paper, "Polygenic prediction of preeclampsia and gestational hypertension," published ...
A study conducted by the UPV/EHU's Social Determinants of Health and Demographic Change (OPIK) research group analysed the voluntary pregnancy termination rate and the differences between the immigrant and the native population ...
Feb 14, 2017
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The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) has just released an important new Policy Statement on "Noninvasive Prenatal Screening for Fetal Aneuploidy." The Statement can be found in the Publications section ...
Apr 8, 2013
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A University of Queensland study has found there are still barriers to terminating a pregnancy in Queensland, more than three years after the practice was decriminalized.
Aug 23, 2022
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Multiple factors including a women's age, marriage status, education and how many living children she has are associated with pregnancy termination in low- and middle-income countries, according to a new study published this ...
Feb 28, 2023
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