Abortion

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Reviewed June 2009

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Title:   Abortion - counselling options
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Abortion counselling is generally included as part of the abortion process. Abortion counselling should include advice, information, support, education and therapy. However not all counselling is unbiased in Australia.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Pregnancy options
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   For people who have planned and wanted a child, the news of pregnancy is wonderful. For some young people however, the news can come as a shock.
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Pregnancy - options
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   For people who have planned and wanted a child, the news of pregnancy is wonderful. For some young people however, the news can come as a shock.
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Surgical methods for first trimester termination of pregnancy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   There are several different surgical techniques for early termination of pregnancy (abortion in the first three months). These are dilatation and curettage (D&C to scrape out the contents of the uterus), vacuum aspiration (sucking out the contents of th...
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Teenage pregnancy
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Becoming pregnant as an adolescent, especially if the pregnancy is not wanted, can put enormous stress on young women and their families.
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Abortion services in Victoria
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Most Victorian abortion service providers are located in Melbourne but there are clinics in rural Victoria. Costs vary between clinics. Medicare covers a portion of the cost. Some clinics provide discounted fees to students, health care card holders and others.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Nitric oxide donors for cervical ripening in first-trimester surgical abortion
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Possible complications of surgical abortion in the first three months of pregnancy include injury to the cervix (the neck of the womb) and the womb itself. Preparing the cervix before surgery might make the procedure safer and easier. There are several ...
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   About abortion (termination of pregnancy)
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   Finding out you are pregnant can bring up many different emotions, especially if it was not planned. Each woman will feel different. Some women feel confused and scared; others numb and shocked, whereas others feel happy and excited. All these feelings are normal and okay. Your feelings will probably also change while you are thinking about your options. To find out more about abortion, check out this fact sheet.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Options during pregnancy
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   Discovering you are pregnant can result in a range of feelings. It is important to get some support and advice. This fact sheet contains information on the options available to you when you are pregnant.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Pregnancy - your options
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   If you are pregnant you have choices on whether to continue the pregnancy. Unplanned pregnancies are very common. Unplanned is not always unwanted and many people choose to become parents despite the lack of planning; others choose abortion (termination), foster care or adoption.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Teenage pregnancy: Student factsheet
Publisher:   Women's Health Queensland Wide Inc
Description:   For a teenage girl, the consequences of a pregnancy differ in the short and long term, depending on whether she chooses abortion, parenting or adoption.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Abortion procedures
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Abortion is a safe surgical or medical procedure. Complications of abortion can include infection and excessive bleeding. Suction aspiration is the most common procedure for first trimester abortions. RU486 (mifepristone) or the abortion pill is also used to induce a miscarriage.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Abortion in Australia
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Abortion is a common surgical procedure in Australia. In 1990 an estimated 23 per cent of all known pregnancies in Australia were terminated. Abortion laws are different in each Australian state and territory.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Abortion - emotional issues
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Abortion is a common procedure that raises some emotional issues. A major study found most women who have an abortion don't suffer psychological or emotional problems, or feel emotions such as guilt, grief or shame.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Teenage pregnancy
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Teenage pregnancy rates have fallen as sex education and improved access to contraception has improved. Five per cent of Australian children are born to women aged 19 years and under. Teenage women have a higher complication rate during pregnancy and childbirth than older women.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Immediate postabortal insertion of intrauterine devices
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Inserting an intrauterine device (IUD) right after an abortion or miscarriage can be good for many reasons. The woman is not pregnant and may be thinking about birth control. The time and place are convenient for the woman. If asked to delay IUD inserti...
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Pain control in first trimester surgical abortion
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Multiple methods of pain control in first trimester surgical abortion at less than 14 weeks gestational age using electric or manual suction aspiration are available, and appear both safe and effective. Pain control methods can be divided in local anest...
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Surgical versus medical methods for second trimester induced abortion
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   We did computer searches to find studies that compared any operation to any medicine used for abortion at this stage of pregnancy. We wrote to researchers and looked through book chapters and other articles to find more studies....
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   Pregnancy Loss
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information about pregnancy loss, including miscarriage, foetal death and abortion.
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   Antibiotics for incomplete abortion
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Incomplete abortions cause many complications and the deaths of tens of thousands of women each year. Women who seek health care after an incomplete abortion usually come for problems from bleeding too much or infection. Antibiotics are generally given ...
Date:   Jul 2007
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