Maternal mortality remains a huge problem in the developing world, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa.1 According to the World Health Organization, efforts intended to decrease maternal deaths need to recognize and address unsafe abortions as a significant contributor to the high rates of maternal mortality found in developing countries.2,3 In Africa, where abortions are highly restricted, 680 wo...

Reducing maternal morbidity and mortality remains a challenge facing several developing countries, including Burkina Faso where there are 87,200 abortions, representing 25 abortions for every 1,000 women aged 15-49 (Sedgh et al, 2011). The majority of these abortions are clandestine and unsafe. The battle to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality in Burkina Faso as part of the MDGs must includ...

In England, the Abortion Act 1967 (AA) provides several grounds for lawful abortions and allows women to lawfully procure under certain conditions. However, AA that doctors have right certify women’s eligibility abortions, causing issues. The requirement of doctors’ approval undermines pregnant individual autonomy, violates their human rights runs counter present legal medical views. Meanwhile,...

To determine whether Neospora caninum, a parasite known to cause repeated abortions and stillbirths in cattle, also causes repeated abortions in humans, we retrospectively examined serum samples of 76 women with a history of abortions for evidence of N. caninum infection. No antibodies to the parasite were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, immunofluorescence assay, or Western blot.

Background: An association between spontaneous abortions and shift work has been suggested, but present research results are conflicting. The aim of the study is to evaluate the relationship between spontaneous abortions among nurses, shift schedules, and nights worked. Methods: This is a longitudinal study where we identified 914 females from a cohort of nurses in Norway who had worked the sam...