The requesting of medical termination pregnancy (MTP) for psychosocial reasons invites several questions concerning progress in medicine as well raising necessary and legitimate ethical questions. law currently permits MTP maternal at any stage if the woman's health is a significant risk. However, conceptions mental risks remain grey area present difficulties terms psychiatric assessment. When ...

BACKGROUND Termination of pregnancy is a common and safe medical procedure in countries where it is legal. One in four Australian women terminates a pregnancy, most often when young. There is inconclusive evidence about whether pregnancy termination affects women's rates of depression. There is evidence of a strong association between partner violence and depression. Our objective was to examin...

Two hundred and eleven patients who had undergone vaginal termination and were pregnant again were investigated; 43-2% had become pregnant within one year of termination. The overall fetal loss in the 211 patients was 17-5% compared with 7-5% in a group matched for parity but consisting of patients who were pregnant after a spontaneous abortion. Altogether 4-3% of pregnancies after legal aborti...

The topic of abortion was in the limelight again Dobbs v Jackson, where US Supreme Court overturned decision Roe Wade, ‘which guaranteed women and pregnant people a constitutional right to abortion’. While not bound by judgment, this gives us an opportunity reflect on current law South Africa which regulates termination pregnancy. primary piece legislation governs is Choice Termination Pregnanc...

To provide a comprehensive review of the published literature of patients with endometrial bone or osseous fragments with a view to critically examine the antecedent clinical presentation, investigations and prognosis after treatment. This systematic review of the literature includes full text articles of published case reports and cases series from the following computerized databases: PubMed,...

Introduction Termination of pregnancy is a common procedure worldwide. In the UK, termination is legal until the 24th week of pregnancy, and allowed throughout gestation in certain circumstances. Some infants aborted at the margins of viability (22 – 24 weeks’ gestation) show signs of life at delivery. We report an infant who survived abortion at approximately 23 weeks’ gestation and who surviv...