New information on reproductive health in St Petersburg
...information on issues of sexuality. The culture of abortions dating back to soviet times has not disappeared: half of all 18-24-year-old women, who have been pregnant, have had an abortion. More than half of the young women use unreliable contraceptives or none at all. Many women report that they have had one ...UK addresses funding gap created by US anti-abortion stance
...ontinued refusal to act on the consensus that safe abortions save lives, DFID's pledge will be essential if the third, fourth, and fifth Millennium Development Goals--to empower women, to save children's lives, and to reduce maternal mortality--have any chance of being reached."...Fetuses cannot feel pain, says expert
... this week's BMJ. Proposals to tell women seeking abortions that their unborn child will feel pain, or to prov...being considered in the US to inform women seeking abortions of the potential for pain in fetuses, are not supported by the evidence. While a mandate to provide ......on, 27 had a live birth, and six miscarried). More abortions occurred in the first six months after breast cancer was diagnosed and while the woman was undergoing active treatment. Women who became pregnant had improved overall survival compared with those who didnt. This protective effect was seen for women...