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[12] [97] [98] In the UK, guidelines of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists state that "Women should be advised that abortion is generally safer than continuing a pregnancy to term." [99] Worldwide, on average, abortion is safer than carrying a pregnancy to term. A 2007 study reported that "26% of all pregnancies worldwide are ...
Others question whether the morality of sex selective abortion is any different over morality of abortion when there is no risk to the mother nor to the fetus, and abortion is used as a means to end an unwanted pregnancy. [95] [96] [97]
The following is a partial list of definitions as stated by obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) textbooks, dictionaries, and encyclopedias: . Major OB/GYN textbooks. The National Center for Health Statistics defines an "abortus" as "[a] fetus or embryo removed or expelled from the uterus during the first half of gestation—20 weeks or less, or in the absence of accurate dating criteria, born ...
Preventing unintended pregnancy would save the public over 5 billion dollars per year in short-term medical costs. [21] Savings in long-term costs and in other areas would be much larger. [21] By another estimate, the direct medical costs of unintended pregnancies, not including infant medical care, was $5 billion in 2002. [73]
Forced abortion may also be defined as coerced abortion, and may occur due to a variety of outside forces such as societal pressure, or due to intervention by perpetrators such as an intimate partner, parental guardian, medical practitioners, or others who may cause abortion by force, threat or coercion. [1]
Grissel Velasco sues Sun City Women’s Health Care, owned by OB-GYN and then-El Paso City Council member Dr. Michiel Noe, over unwanted pregnancy. El Paso woman is suing her doctor for negligence ...
WATCH: 20-Year-Old Who Claimed She Was Pregnant With Baby Jesus On Time In Treatment: 'It Was A Waste Of My Time' "At the time, I was so against it because I didn't think it was a real ultrasound ...
Roberto is due to give birth to his and Erika's son Noah any day now,” the caption continued alongside images that show Bete visibly pregnant, in Calvin Klein underwear, as his wife, wearing a ...