The appropriate sections of the Oifences Against the Person Act, 1861 are as follows: SECrION 58Every woman, being with child, who with intent to procure her own miscarriage, shall unlawfully administer to herself any poison or other noxious thing or shall unlawfully use any instrument or other means whatsoever, with the like intent and whosoever with intent to procure the miscarriage of any wo...

Background: The psychological impact of abortion is a controversial issue. While some studies indicate that women who had elective abortions present lower psychological distress when compared with those who had spontaneous or therapeutic abortions, other studies found abortion to be associated with significant psychological distress. Objectives: To assess psychological adjustment (emotional dis...

humanembryo is the honorable extant. according to islamic sources such as: quran, tradition, ijma and wisdom,destroyingembryosasthe first verdict is prohibited.in this research, was conducted with descriptiveand analyticalmethods this question wasstudied thatif genetic abnormalitiesexist in the fetusso that medicallyto live pregnant impossibl eafter the birth and cause threatenfor live of mothe...

A prospective study of vacuum aspiration in 400 cases of therapeutic abortion is described showing that the procedure was quick, involving little blood loss in most cases, and that the complication rate was low. The routine use of this method in therapeutic abortion is recommended.

Siqt janin (abortion) is defined as the intentional or unintentional action that is performed on a pregnant woman, which compromises the life or the foetal development of an unborn baby, such that it dies or cannot continue living out of the uterus. Due to scientific and technological advancement in medicine, the controversy of therapeutic abortion is very much at the forefront of mode...

Septic abortion represents the main causes of abortion-induced maternal death. Hysterectomy may represent a beneficial therapeutic solution for septic abortion, nevertheless with irreversible effects on a woman's reproductive condition. The study analyzes the anatomopathological damage found in ninety-one patients hospitalized for septic abortion. The patients were admitted to the "Dr. D. Popes...

at different frames of time, most countries have had different approaches to the issue of abortion. also after some years, in the islamic republic of iran, with the ratification of a single article in 1384, therapeutic abortion was announced as permissible; but the above mentioned article lacks the necessary clarification and has some ambiguities that make its interpretation and even correction...

background: the termination of pregnancy before 20 th week of gestation is abortion. there is two type of abortion: spontaneous and induce (legal or illegal). the annual number of pregnancy in the world is estimated over 200 million and one third of them is unwanted pregnancy. 95% of unwanted pregnancy is happened in developing country such as iran. in iran, the high prevalence of unwanted preg...