Top Research Papers on Abortion

Analysis of abortion in Mexico from a juridical perspective requires recognition that Mexico as a national community participates in a double system of values and that public opinion on abortion is influenced by extremely conservative groups who condemn abortion as homicide and by groups who demand legislative reform in congruence with characteristics that define the state.

It is found that knowledge of the method of abortion and of the risk for retained tissue increased significantly with age, and there was no significant difference among age groups concerning knowledge of anesthesia, bleeding, infection or social aid arrangements.

Every life - born and preborn - has value and must be treated with dignity and respect and abortion is not something to be silent about.

This essay examines the complex and contradictory nature of how the issue of abortion is discussed in the U.S. today. In political debate, on conservative news stations, and outside abortion clinics, abortion is regularly shouted about loudly and with great conviction by those who want to see the procedure recriminalized. Yet at the level of individual experience, abortion is rarely discussed, even among close friends and relatives. How is it that a medical procedure, legal since 1973, remains a source of shame and secrecy? To answer that question, this essay identifies the categories into whi...

Post-abortion syndrome is the emotional stress of not grieving, of not letting oneself feel the pain and suffering that is part of a loss.

This book anthologizes twelve essays on abortion, representing differing viewpoints on this controversial ethical problem, and students can identify the main conclusions, the premises on which those conclusions are based and the basis on which each premise is introduced.

Bribe offering is an offence by which a government official is induced to violate law. Because of its purpose and intention, bribe offering can be taken as characterizedby abortive behavior on the same footing as any other offence is.

About half of all pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended, happening when women do not want or are not yet ready to be pregnant.

The experience of patients admitted to a general hospital with a diagnosis of acute pulmonary oedema for the year before and after the opening of an intensive care unit is reviewed, with findings that an increase in the number of investigations and the com-i plexity of treatment does not lead automatically to a better outcome.

The complex feelings which can surround the subject of abortion and the difficulty some teachers may experience in trying to reconcile their personal beliefs with their professional responsibilities are explored.

Ontario midwives’ general attitudes towards abortion and willingness to incorporate abortion into the midwifery scope of practice were surveyed, and the current models of compensation and practice in Ontario, issues related to hospital integration, and opposition from clients were identified as significant barriers to the provision of abortion services.

Responses were interested in medical abortion as a less invasive option to surgical abortion and concerned that the method might not be completely effective or be associated with side-effects.

The sociological literature on women's responses to the experience of abortion is remarkably sparse. This thesis seeks to contribute to redressing that research gap. I use semi-structured, in-depth interviews with twenty women from relatively diverse social backgrounds who have had abortions to explore the range of factors that they saw as being influential in their abortion decision and experience. Although the ages and the family circumstances of the women interviewed varied, and although some had more than one abortion, nevertheless, common themes emerged in their accounts of their abortion...

A survey of 50 nurses in Hawaii where for two and a half years there has been a liberal abortion law finds that one in five nurses believe the law should be changed to allow for abortion restrictions on the basis of medical necessity.

A review of some of the more notable abortion-related rhetoric during the 2012 Virginia General Assembly is reviewed, and whether and how to move forward together toward a more meaningful and productive dialogue on these issues is considered.

Abortion is a highly polarized issue in the US, resulting in a large number of pro-and anti-abortion memes on social media platforms. Identifying broad meme themes is crucial for developing a targeted and strategic counter response to rampant polarization regarding this contentious medical procedure. We address the indicated issue through the following contributions: 1) Creation of an annotated dataset of pro-(n=230) and anti-abortion (n=187) memes; 2) Identification of broad themes within the pro-and anti-abortion categories. Results demonstrated that both pro-and anti-abortion memes characte...

The level of knowledge about abortion in adolescents are X grade in SMK Bina Harapan Sleman in sufficient category, with mostly teenagers are male and aged more than 15 years and got more information from school.

Some people argue that even though they believe abortion is wrong, it should remain legal: after all, if every morally wrong action was illegal, we would all be in jail! Seriously though, there are many actions that are morally wrong, even really hurtful, that the government shouldn’t try to prevent or punish. (You can supply the potential examples to make the point). They might also think that, for a variety of other reasons, their personal moral views on the issues shouldn’t be made into law for all.

The Catholic Church's stand against abortion and contraception should be changed to enable people to make their own decisions in reproductive and sexual matters.

The Catholic Church's stand against abortion and contraception should be changed to enable people to make their own decisions in reproductive and sexual matters.

This paper analyses the implications of restrictive policies concerning abortion globally with a focus on women's fundamental rights: the right to health and theright to self-determination.

. tambien han cambiado la vi-sion y las legislaciones sobre derechos sexuales y reproductivos de la mujer en el mundo. re-cientemente se ha abierto en el pais una nueva discusion social, la que pronto sera parlamen-taria, sobre las condiciones y los alcances de una posible modificacion de actual legislacion para despenalizar o legalizar el aborto en algu-nas situaciones. Este tema, como en muchos paises, genera mucha polemica y ella se realiza no solo con sesgos por las diferencias de valo-res, creencias y experiencias, sino de manera muy polarizada por posiciones ideologicas, lo cual genera g...

A loop of ileum was brought entirely outside the abdomen in order to ensure complete drainage and it was unnecessary to divide the respective mesenteries; the ends of the gut were just apposed to each other and anastomosed.

This paper analysis the attitudes about abortion exploring the responses of the Medical Bioengineering Faculty's students to a series of questions about the conditions under which legal abortions should be available and tried to identify some of the reasons why abortion attitudes vary from person to person.

In a sample of 55 undergraduates, religiosity scores were associated with more restrictive attitudes toward abortion.

Although warning us that poll questions referring only to the first-trimester aspects of Roe v Wademay be biased, Blendon et al analyze responses to such a question in detail, the question posed by Harris, which is triply biased in a pro-choice direction.

The authors structured an academic collaborative project to create a glossary as a contribution for a discussion based on clearly defined notions about the different terms used in the abortion debate in Chile.

Abortion is a hotly debated topic among Muslim communities, yet not many people outside of Muslim communities noticed this controversy, assuming that all Muslims hold similar opinions. In this paper I seek to answer the question: How do anti-abortion and abortion rights groups deploy ideas about Islam in their activism regarding abortion? I analysed the language those organizations use when describing Muslim communities and Muslim views, in order to learn their opinion. I found that a majority of those organizations did not include arguments from both sides, and almost all the Anti-Abortion We...

This book introduces readers to the many arguments and controversies concerning abortion. While it argues for ethical and legal positions on the issues, it focuses on how to think about the issues, not just what to think about them. It is an ideal resource to improve your understanding of what people think, why they think that and whether their (and your) arguments are good or bad, and why. It's ideal for classroom use, discussion groups, organizational learning, and personal reading. From the Preface To many people, abortion is an issue for which discussions and debates are frustrating ...

A large number of respondents reported that they have negative attitude towards elective abortion, however, in case of medical necessity, abortion should be performed.

Examination of men's roles in determining women's access to a safer abortion and post-abortion care in Uganda finds barriers to involving men in abortion decision-making endanger women's health and possibly their lives.

It is argued that Judith Jarvis Thomson's thought experiments do not compare to the reality of abortion and the influence of the paper on arguments concerning personhood is focused on.

Legalizing abortion had an important goal to get him out of the underground, but at the same time, the results of legalization opened up a new area for scientific research.

In England and Wales the number of induced abortions for residents rose from 22,300 in 1968 to 108,600 in 1972, a rise in abortion rate from 2-4 to 11-5 per thousand women of childbearing age, it is clear that in this country the medical profession has shown an increasingly liberal attitude towards abortion.

School nurses can play an essential role in bringing this information to young people through effective Sex and Relationships Education, for example.

Previous studies have argued that women’s responses to abortion are similar to a linear grief reaction. The present study aimed to explore how women reflect upon their past abortions in the longer term. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was used to analyse the transcripts of ten interviews with women who had had an abortion between one and nine years previously. The results showed that although a few women reported a linear pattern of change in their emotions, many also described different patterns including persistent upset that remained ongoing many years after the event, negative rea...

It seems clear that the immunological equilibrium existing throughout pregnancy is a dynamic multifactorial system with a steady interchange of immune information and a concominant ever-changing series of reactions.

This video explains how a non-aspiration or non-surgical abortion for terminating an unwanted pregnancy up to 63 days' gestation is performed in Bulgaria.

A focus-group study of adolescents from cities across the United States revealed that they lacked accurate knowledge about abortion and the laws governing it, and most expressed erroneous beliefs about abortion.

Medical abortion was close related to the period of missed abortion: the period was shorter, the probability of complete abortion was higher, the time of discharging fetus was short, the vaginal bleeding was less.

Whether we can expect others to listen—and whether we choose to listen to others—have become central challenges in handling conflicts around polarized and high-profile political matters. For those who study alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”), these concerns about listening hit especially close to the bone because they implicate some of the most foundational precepts of dispute resolution practice. This paper explores some of these implications in the context of the fight over reproductive rights, with special focus on the “listening dilemma” that people experience when navigating extremely...

Cytogenetic analysis of abortus is important for diagnosis and genetic counseling for parents with spontaneous abortion and the frequency and types of spontaneous abortions have also demonstrated considerable variation among in different countries and races.

Overall 72% of women and 61% of men wanted more information on contraception with younger people having higher desire for more information and opinions regarding reliable sources of information revolving around medical personnel and non-medical sources.

El devenir hombre y mujer cuando la anatomia no es el destino. Otras formas de asesinar a una mujer: el aborto, lo que ensena el relato del aborto de la artista Tracey Emin.Becoming a woman and a man when the anatomy is not the destin . Abortion is another way in which a woman can be killed. Th e case of the artist Tracey Emin is taken as a lesson.

The program attempts to break through that barrier of talking openly about abortion and contribute to the ongoing debate that continues to surround this highly contentious issue.

Sociological and legal aspects of pregnancy interruption in West Germany, Europe, and the United States are discussed, and whether legal abortion tends to decrease the incidence of illegal abortion is not clear.

The authors agree with the Blendon et al conclusion that the legality of abortion is no longer at stake but point out that the silent majority is opposed to the court about the circumstances which justify abortion and about the stages of pregnancy at which it should be allowed.

This essay examines Marquis’ argument about abortion on his own terms and responds to objections about whom death deprives, whether the action of killing or the result of death should focus on, and how harms suffered before existence compare to harms suffered after death.

One of the maiden Large White sows, the sow “Bess”, was clue to farrow on 20 August, but was observed to be aborting on 6 August, and the cause was determined to be B. abortus.

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