PROBLEM/CONDITION CDC began abortion surveillance in 1969 to document the number and characteristics of women obtaining legal induced abortions. REPORTING PERIOD COVERED This report summarizes and describes data voluntarily reported to CDC regarding legal induced abortions obtained in the United States in 2004. DESCRIPTION OF SYSTEM For each year since 1969, CDC has compiled abortion data b...

OBJECTIVE To document the practices and attitudes of the US physician members of the Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM) regarding adolescent abortion and contraception, as well as physician willingness to prescribe medical abortion if approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). DESIGN Cross-sectional questionnaire survey. Participants. The entire physician membership of SAM (N = 10...

The effects of the 1967 Abortion Act, legislation which extends to women living in England, Wales, and Scotland, are reviewed. The Act was not backed by any specific allocation of money for facilities or staff within the National Health Service and the service provided has varied from district to district. Yet, the number of abortions increased rapidly in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This...

Conclusions The protective effect of two prior induced abortions was similar to what is commonly seen after one birth. Spontaneous abortions may to a larger extent than induced abortions be associated with other factors, such as infertility, that may increase the risk of preeclampsia. Normal pregnancies interrupted in early pregnancy may induce immunological changes that reduce the risk of pre-...

Abstract This study uses a literature review to probe the prevalence and trends of induced abortions among unmarried women since 1980s. Premarital pregnancy has become more common, this pushed premarital abortion rate still higher. With remaining markedly high in China, percentage who have experienced risen steadily with passage time. Not only increased China on whole, but there is evidence tha...