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Postgraduate Medicine Jun 1963
Topics: Abortion, Therapeutic; Female; Humans; Pregnancy
PubMed: 13956939
DOI: 10.1080/00325481.1963.11692918 -
Canadian Medical Association Journal Mar 1971
Topics: Abortion, Therapeutic; Female; Humans; Philosophy, Medical; Pregnancy
PubMed: 5557920
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Bulletin of the New York Academy of... Apr 1965
Topics: Abortion, Therapeutic; History, 20th Century; Pregnancy
PubMed: 14257433
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British Medical Journal Dec 1968
Topics: Abortion, Therapeutic; Extraction, Obstetrical; Female; Humans; Hypertonic Solutions; Pregnancy; Uterus
PubMed: 5702290
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The Medical Journal of Australia Jul 1968
Topics: Abortion, Therapeutic
PubMed: 5670877
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1968.tb29357.x -
Journal of Medical Ethics Nov 2006Abortion is forbidden under normal circumstances by nearly all the major world religions. Traditionally, abortion was not deemed permissible by Muslim scholars. Shiite... (Review)
Review
Abortion is forbidden under normal circumstances by nearly all the major world religions. Traditionally, abortion was not deemed permissible by Muslim scholars. Shiite scholars considered it forbidden after implantation of the fertilised ovum. However, Sunni scholars have held various opinions on the matter, but all agreed that after 4 months gestation abortion was not permitted. In addition, classical Islamic scholarship had only considered threats to maternal health as a reason for therapeutic abortion. Recently, scholars have begun to consider the effect of severe fetal deformities on the mother, the families and society. This has led some scholars to reconsider the prohibition on abortion in limited circumstances. This article reviews the Islamic basis for the prohibition of abortion and the reasons for its justification. Contemporary rulings from leading Shiite scholars and from the Sunni school of thought are presented and reviewed. The status of abortion in Muslim countries is reviewed, with special emphasis on the therapeutic abortion law passed by the Iranian Parliament in 2003. This law approved therapeutic abortion before 16 weeks of gestation under limited circumstances, including medical conditions related to fetal and maternal health. Recent measures in Iran provide an opportunity for the Muslim scholars in other countries to review their traditional stance on abortion.
Topics: Abortion, Therapeutic; Attitude to Health; Congenital Abnormalities; Female; Fetal Development; Gestational Age; Humans; Iran; Islam; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications; Religion and Medicine
PubMed: 17074823
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2005.015289 -
The American Journal of Psychiatry May 1991The purpose of this article is to review the available literature on the psychological sequelae of therapeutic abortion, addressing both the issue of the effects of the... (Review)
Review
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this article is to review the available literature on the psychological sequelae of therapeutic abortion, addressing both the issue of the effects of the abortion on the woman involved and the effects on the woman and on the child born when abortion is denied.
METHOD
Papers reviewed were initially selected by using a Medline search. This procedure resulted in 225 papers being reviewed, which were further selected by limiting the papers to those reporting original research. Finally, studies were assessed as to whether or not they used control groups or objective, validated symptom measures.
RESULTS
Adverse sequelae occur in a minority of women, and when such symptoms occur, they usually seem to be the continuation of symptoms that appeared before the abortion and are on the wane immediately after the abortion. Many women denied abortion show ongoing resentment that may last for years, while children born when the abortion is denied have numerous, broadly based difficulties in social, interpersonal, and occupational functions that last at least into early adulthood.
CONCLUSIONS
With increasing pressure on access to abortion services in North America, nonpsychiatrist physicians and mental health professionals need to keep in mind the effects of both performing and denying therapeutic abortion. Increased research into these areas, focusing in particular on why some women are adversely affected by the procedure and clarifying the relationship issues involved, continues to be important.
Topics: Abortion, Therapeutic; Adolescent; Adoption; Adult; Attitude of Health Personnel; Attitude to Health; Child, Preschool; Child, Unwanted; Defense Mechanisms; Female; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Internationality; Male; Mental Disorders; Pregnancy; Pregnancy, Unwanted; Pregnant Women; Risk Assessment; Stress, Psychological
PubMed: 2018157
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.148.5.578 -
The British Journal of Psychiatry : the... Jun 1992Psychological or psychiatric disturbances occur in association with therapeutic abortions but they seem to be marked, severe, or persistent in only a minority... (Review)
Review
Psychological or psychiatric disturbances occur in association with therapeutic abortions but they seem to be marked, severe, or persistent in only a minority (approximately 10%) of women. These consist mostly of caseness depression and anxiety. Psychoses are very uncommon, being reported in only 0.003% of cases - most of whom have a history of previous psychiatric illness. Certain groups are especially at risk from adverse psychological sequelae; these include those with a past psychiatric history, younger women, those with poor social support, the multiparous, and those belonging to sociocultural groups antagonistic to abortion. This is not to overlook the fact that, adopting a crisis-resolution framework, subsequent termination of an unwanted pregnancy is itself 'therapeutic'. A better understanding of the nature of the risk factors would enable clinicians to identify vulnerable women for whom some form of psychological intervention might be beneficial.
Topics: Abortion, Therapeutic; Adaptation, Psychological; Adolescent; Adult; Culture; Female; Guilt; Humans; Life Change Events; Mental Disorders; Pregnancy; Risk Factors; Stress, Psychological
PubMed: 1617354
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.160.6.742 -
Canadian Medical Association Journal Sep 1981A search of the literature on the psychiatric aspects of abortion revealed poor study design, a lack of clear criteria for decisions for or against abortion, poor... (Review)
Review
A search of the literature on the psychiatric aspects of abortion revealed poor study design, a lack of clear criteria for decisions for or against abortion, poor definition of psychologic symptoms experienced by patients, absence of control groups in clinical studies, and indecisiveness and uncritical attitudes in writers from various disciplines. A review of the sequelae of therapeutic abortion revealed that although the data are vague, symptoms of depression were reported most frequently, whereas those of psychosis were rare. Positive emotional responses and a favourable attitude toward therapeutic abortion were often reported, although again the statistical bases for these reports were inadequate. There was a lack of evidence that the reported effects were due to having an abortion rather than to other variables.Other areas dealt with inadequately in most of the articles reviewed included analyses of symptoms and of the evidence on the duration of sequelae, descriptions of the criteria for approving abortions, investigation of the psychiatric histories of the patients, presentation of data on the effects of refusing abortion requests, systematic study of a number of epidemiologic factors, and analyses of the circumstances leading to pregnancy in patients having abortions. The evidence was found to be sparse on the effects of supportive relationships, different abortion techniques and the length of gestation on the psychologic status of patients. Little attention was paid to the consequences of psychiatric labelling of patients, or to the effect of having an abortion on factors that may influence future pregnancies.The potential roles of health care professionals appear to deserve more study, and little research seems to have been done to compare the psychologic factors associated with abortion and those associated with live birth. As well, there is little evidence that differences in abortion legislation account for significant differences in the psychologic reactions of patients to abortion.
Topics: Abortion, Legal; Abortion, Therapeutic; Canada; Depression; Female; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Medical History Taking; Personality Assessment; Pregnancy; Psychotic Disorders
PubMed: 7026010
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BMC Research Notes May 2020Unsafe abortion is one of the most important causes of death and disability among mothers in countries where abortion is illegal. These conditions have changed since...
OBJECTIVES
Unsafe abortion is one of the most important causes of death and disability among mothers in countries where abortion is illegal. These conditions have changed since then. The present study has investigated the cases who were referred to the legal medicine organization to receive abortion permission. This country level secondary patient data analysis, investigated all the cases who were referred to the legal medicine centers of Iran for abortion permission during 2015 to 2017.
RESULTS
From 21,477 applicants, 15,617 (72.71%) received permission including 14,367 (91.99%) for fetal abnormalities and 1250 (8.01%) for maternal diseases. The most common fetal abnormalities/disorders were nervous system malformations (26.4%), chromosomal abnormalities (18.4%) and of maternal diseases were circulatory system diseases (43.9%), neoplasms (13.4%) and genitourinary system diseases (9.9%). The most common reasons for not permission were lack of supplementary documents to prove (38.8%), not competency with the criteria (33.9%), and gestational age of more than 19 weeks (25.8%).
Topics: Abortion, Legal; Abortion, Therapeutic; Adolescent; Adult; Chromosome Aberrations; Congenital Abnormalities; Female; Humans; Iran; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications; Young Adult
PubMed: 32460874
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-020-05098-y