japan, known as a pro-choice country in terms of abortion, is currently facing the increase of “selective abortions” thanks to new prenatal screening. efforts to restrict proliferation of new technology has not been successful and it is likely that japan will turn pro-life by strictly enforcing the maternity protection act (mpa), which prohibits abortions due to “fetal cause”.

It has been known for many years that ponderosa pine needles can induce late-term abortions in cattle. Labdane acids including isocupressic acid (ICA) and agathic acid are responsible for initiating abortions. Recent research demonstrated that a number of trees including many species of pine, juniper, and cedar contain either isocupressic acid or agathic acid at concentrations sufficient to be ...

Research using opinion surveys and abortion-patient censuses has found that opinion and practice on abortion often appear incongruent. This is generally attributed to circumstantial pressures that motivate women to make an atypical choice, conceived in terms of rational utility; but it may also be due to the fact that the socio-cultural values of women having abortions are not representative of...

Access to abortion services is not difficult in India, even in remote areas. Providers of abortion range from traditional birth attendants to auxiliary nurse midwives and pharmacists, unqualified and qualified private doctors, to gynaecologists. Despite a well-defined law, there is a lack of regulation of abortion services or providers, and the cost to women is determined by supply side economi...

OBJECTIVES To determine the frequency and profile of induced abortions among hospitalized cases of abortions in three tertiary hospitals in Egypt. METHODS A total of 517 consecutive cases of abortions with complete records were enrolled from three tertiary hospitals in Egypt: two hospitals in Cairo and one hospital in Alexandria. A data extraction sheet was designed to extract the required in...

A number of cases of unexplained (idiopathic) recurrent spontaneous abortions may be attributable to immunological mechanisms. Several lines of evidence indicate that some immunocompetent effector cell populations play an important role in the pathogenesis of unexplained miscarriages. However a suitable method is lacking for defining an existing immunological background of recurrent spontaneous...

OBJECTIVE To analyze temporal trends and distribution patterns of unsafe abortion in Brazil. METHODS Ecological study based on records of hospital admissions of women due to abortion in Brazil between 1996 and 2012, obtained from the Hospital Information System of the Ministry of Health. We estimated the number of unsafe abortions stratified by place of residence, using indirect estimate techni...

A four year prospective study was carried out involving 83 cases of induced abortions, 72 were induced illegally and 11 weremedicallyindicated, to determine the incidenceand types of complications of illegally induced abortions as well as those of therapeutic ones. The prevalence of illegal abortion was 3.61% and that of therapeutic was 0.55%. In illegally induced group, age of 48(66.66%) women...

The overall incidence of anencephaly and spina bifida (ASB) in 69,056 pregnancies was 4.7/1000 births. ASB was more common (8.4/1000 births) among children of mothers who had had two or more abortions, but the increased risk was confined to spina bifida. A history of abortion was more common in older women and women of higher parity, but this was not matched by a similar increase in the inciden...