Copyright 2012 Medical News TodayLatest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/abortion/admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin)editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors)en-us Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241479.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241479.phpResearch published in the February issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, reveals that for women with a history of a treated mental disorder, who had their first induced abortion within the first-trimester of pregnancy, are not at a higher risk of readmission to psychiatric facilities...Abortion Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241384.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241384.php In 2008, rates of teen pregnancies in the US reached their lowest level in nearly 40 years...Pediatrics / Children's Health Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241219.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241219.phpSusan G. Komen for the Cure, a breast cancer charity which until recently had an enviable reputation as being totally impartial and focused purely on saving women's lives, may have caused itself irreparable damage. By announcing a few days ago that it would stop awarding funds to Planned Parenthood, a sexual health organization; it found itself in the middle of an enormous public outcry...Sexual Health / STDs Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241167.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241167.phpAfter announcing that it was going to cut funding for Planned Parenthood's breast screenings, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a breast cancer foundation, today announced that it is changing its funding criteria, meaning it will probably resume funding to Planned Parenthood, a sexual health organization...Sexual Health / STDs Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241111.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241111.phpBreast cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, says that dropping Planned Parenthood from its granting process is not political, and says it is "dismayed and extremely disappointed" that its action has been mischaracterized. The charity says it has taken actions to make its granting process stronger and more effective, resulting in Planned Parenthood being dropped from its list of grantees...Breast Cancer Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240599.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240599.php According to a report in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal), pregnant women should not be told the sex of their unborn child until after 30 weeks of pregnancy, in order to combat female feticide, which some individuals in certain ethnic groups in Canada and the U.S. practice. Female feticide is the decision to terminate a pregnancy based on the grounds that the sex is female...Abortion Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240535.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240535.php A study from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Guttmacher Institute reveals that worldwide, the long-term substantial decline in abortion rates has stalled. According to the study entitled "Induced Abortion: Incidence and Trends Worldwide from 1995 to 2008" by Glida Sedgh et al...Abortion Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240533.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240533.php New figures from the Guttmacher Institute and the World Health Organization (WHO) show that after a long period of decline, the global abortion rates have steadied. From 1995 to 2003, rates dropped from 35 per 1000 women of childbearing age to 29 per 1000, whereas the new study shows the 2008 rate is stable at 28 per 1000...Abortion Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240380.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240380.phpCanada should prohibit disclosure of the sex of a fetus until after 30 weeks of pregnancy to combat female feticide which is practised by some ethnic groups in Canada and the United States, states an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)....Pregnancy / Obstetrics Sun, 11 Dec 2011 04:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239011.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239011.phpHaving an induced abortion in itself does not raise a female's chances of developing mental health problems, says a report, claimed to be the largest and most comprehensive ever, published by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AOMRC), UK. The authors added that whether the pregnant woman decides to have an abortion or proceed with her pregnancy has no impact on health subsequent mental health...Abortion Thu, 03 Nov 2011 02:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237008.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237008.phpAfter more than a century of study, mysteries still remain about the process of meiosis - a special type of cell division that helps ensure genetic diversity in sexually-reproducing organisms. Now, researchers at Stowers Institute for Medical Research shed light on an early and critical step in meiosis. The research, to be published in the Nov...Genetics Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/236256.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/236256.php For years doctors have struggled to identify Down Syndrome in pregnant women, giving expectant mothers the opportunity to abort the full term. Now a new blood test promises to change all that with several new products coming to market that aim to provide accurate results in the 8th to 12th weeks...Pregnancy / Obstetrics Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/235207.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/235207.phpThis hypothesis had never been proven before in humans, but it has been demonstrated by University of Granada researchers. Spontaneous abortion is estimated to affect 15 percent of women, mainly in the first trimester of pregnancy...Pregnancy / Obstetrics Tue, 30 Aug 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/233495.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/233495.phpResearchers at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, have examined a number of plants which are used for illegal abortions in Tanzania. The lab tests show that several of the plants can make the uterus tissue contract and that the plants therefore can be used to stop lethal bleedings after birth...Abortion Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/233282.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/233282.phpMore and more doctors are unwilling to perform abortions, according to a recent survey, lowering the original percentage of those that were willing according to an alternate survey, 22%, down to 14% or one in seven. Although it is a legal medical practice in most locales, why is there the push back by medical practitioners? However, female specialists were about 2...Abortion Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/229952.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/229952.phpAn international team of researchers says abortion stigma is under researched, under theorized and over emphasized in one category: women who've had abortions. As a result, they're launching a new direction into research that explores the social stigma surrounding abortion...Abortion Thu, 09 Jun 2011 03:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/228023.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/228023.phpWomen who receive a contraceptive known as an intrauterine device or IUD immediately following a first trimester abortion experience few complications and are less likely to have an unintended pregnancy than those who delay getting an IUD by several weeks, according to a new study at Oregon Health & Science University. The findings are published in the June 9 New England Journal of Medicine...Abortion Tue, 24 May 2011 15:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/226354.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/226354.phpWhile the abortion rate dropped between 2000 and 2008 overall in the USA, among women whose family incomes are below the federal poverty level it rose, researchers from the Guttmacher Institute wrote in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology. 40% of all abortions in America in 2008 were performed on poor women...Abortion Tue, 24 May 2011 10:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/226349.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/226349.phpOfficial figures released today by the Department of Health show that the number of women having abortions in England and Wales has risen for the first time in three years. In total 189,574 abortions were performed in 2010, representing a 0.3% increase from 2009...Abortion Tue, 24 May 2011 10:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/226350.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/226350.phpToday, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of 50 state right-to-life affiliates, disputed claims that restrictions on abortion "disproportionately affect" poor women...Abortion Tue, 24 May 2011 07:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/226324.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/226324.phpResponding to today's Abortion Statistics for England and Wales 2010, Natika H Halil, Director of Information for the sexual health charity FPA said: 'Over the last decade, we've seen significant achievements in abortion services. Most women are having abortions under 13 weeks and we've seen a substantial rise in early medical abortions...Abortion Tue, 24 May 2011 07:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/226325.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/226325.phpThe number of women who travelled from Ireland to Britain for abortion services last year has remained stable, according to the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA). Figures released today (24.05.11) by the UK Department of Health show that in 2010, a total of 4,402 women providing Irish addresses had terminations in England and Wales...Abortion Tue, 24 May 2011 03:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/226277.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/226277.phpThe following National Statistics were released today by the Department of Health: Abortion Statistics, England & Wales: 2010 Main findings: In 2010, for women resident in England and Wales: - The total number of abortions was 189,574, 0.3% more than in 2009 (189,100) and 8.0% more than in 2000 (175,542). -The age-standardised abortion rate was 17...Abortion Tue, 24 May 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/226173.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/226173.phpNew research published Online First and in an upcoming Lancet shows that, in Indian families in which the first child has been a girl, more and more parents are aborting their second child if prenatal testing shows it to be a girl, presumably to ensure at least one child in their family will be a boy...Abortion Tue, 17 May 2011 09:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/225636.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/225636.phpNew analysis published by the UK journal Reproductive Health Matters shows that the criminalisation of abortion in Poland has led to the development of a vast illegal private sector with no controls on price, quality of care or accountability. Since abortion became illegal in the late 1980s the number of abortions carried out in hospitals has fallen by 99%...Abortion