Why Men Have Abortions: Quantitative and Qualitative Perspectives From Urban Family Planning Clinics in Chicago, Illinois, USA by Jenna M. Heath, Brian T. Nguyen

“…Support for abortion is comparable between men and women in the United States; one in five reproductive age men reports abortion involvement. …”
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Oral Sex following Abortion: Case Report of a Sexually Transmitted Infection of Group A Streptococcus Causing Peritonitis by Kenneth L. Chan, Louis-Patrick Haraoui, Walter Demczuk, Marc-Christian Domingo, Eric Bergeron

“…We report a strange case of GAS peritonitis occurring after abortion and oral sex.…”
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Medical versus surgical methods of early abortion: protocol for a systematic review and environmental scan of patient decision aids by Rachel Thompson, Kyla Z Donnelly

“…Introduction Currently, we lack understanding of the content, quality and impact of patient decision aids to support decision-making between medical and surgical methods of early abortion. We plan to undertake a systematic review of peer-reviewed literature to identify, appraise and describe the impact of early abortion method decision aids evaluated quantitatively (Part I), and an environmental scan to identify and appraise other early abortion method decision aids developed in the US (Part II).Methods and analysis For the systematic review, we will search PubMed, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, EMBASE and PsycINFO databases for articles describing experimental and observational studies evaluating the impact of an early abortion method decision aid on women's decision-making processes and outcomes. …”
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‘It’s a secret in my life’: frontstage and backstage experiences of women undergoing induced abortions in a rural community of Pakistan by Rubeena Slamat, Piet Bracke, Melissa Ceuterick

Subjects: “…Abortion…”
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Imbalance of the Gut Microbiota May Be Associated with Missed Abortions: A Perspective Study from a General Hospital of Hunan Province by Bingsi Gao, Xingping Zhao, Xinyi Liu, Xuan Yang, Aiqian Zhang, Huan Huang, Yu-ligh Liou, Dabao Xu

“…To conduct a preliminary investigation that shows the possible correlation between the change of gut microbiota and missed abortions (MAs), which further provides a new potential insight for the prevention and therapy of MAs. …”
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Comparison Between Nested-PCR and ELISA for the Detection of Toxoplasmagondii in Blood and Milk and its Genotyping in Lactating Goats and Aborted Women in Iraq by Entesar H Madi, Firas R Al-Samarai, Yusuf M Maaen, Shishir K Gangwar

“…The SAG3 gene was also  used to identify the genotyping of T. gondii in goats and aborted women in Iraq. A total of  240 (80 blood, 80 sera, 80 milk) lactating goats and 30 blood samples from aborted women  were included in this study. …”
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How integrated knowledge translation worked to reduce federal policy barriers to the implementation of medication abortion in Canada: a realist evaluation by Sarah Munro, Kate Wahl, Sheila Dunn, Courtney Devane, Linda C. Li, Wendy V. Norman

“…Abstract Background Initial Canadian federal regulations for the abortion pill, mifepristone, had the potential to impede safe and equitable access to this medication. …”
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Quality of care offered by health care retail markets for medication abortion self-management: Findings from states in Nigeria and India by Mridula Shankar, Elizabeth Omoluabi, Funmilola M. OlaOlorun, Anoop Khanna, Danish Ahmad, Caroline Moreau, Suzanne O. Bell

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The act of abortion due to rape in the view of ath-tabari in kitab jami' al-bayan fi ta'wil Al-qur'an by Eztika Azzahra Aji, Ahmad Zuhri, Husnel Anwar Matondang, Mardian Idris Harahap

“…Meanwhile, abortion provocatus criminalis is an abortion carried out intentionally in violation of applicable legal provisions. …”
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Contraceptive care post-Dobbs: A qualitative study of clinic staff perspectives by Alicia VandeVusse, Jennifer Mueller, Octavia Mulhern, Sidney Cech

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Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi infection and miscarriage in pregnancy: Are we missing the geographic demon? by Sujata Lall, Nidhi Goel, Vani Malhotra, Aparna Parmar

Subjects: “…abortion…”
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La publicisation du débat sur l’avortement au Maroc. L’État marocain en action by Marc-Éric Gruénais

Subjects: “…abortion…”
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Résistances catholiques au protocole de Maputo. Mobilisations et controverses autour de la libéralisation de l’avortement en Afrique by Lison Guignard

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Violencias relatadas, derechos debatidos y mujeres movilizadas: el aborto en la agenda política de las mujeres indígenas en Argentina by Silvana Sciortino

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Self-care interventions for legal and safe abortions: lessons learned from a woman-centered approach to sexual and reproductive healthcare in Uruguay by Cecilia Stapff, Lucía Gómez Garbero, Rodolfo Gómez Ponce de León, Leonel Briozzo, Antonella Lavelanet, Manjulaa Narasimhan

“…Summary: Problem: In the 1990s, almost 40% of maternal deaths in Uruguay were caused by unsafe abortions. Approach: A harm reduction model implemented in Uruguay, which addressed the risks associated with unsafe abortion practices by promoting and supporting the self-management of medical abortions by women in their homes, encouraged women’s autonomy. …”
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Trueperella pyogenes and Brucella abortus Coinfection in a Dog and a Cat on a Dairy Farm in Egypt with Recurrent Cases of Mastitis and Abortion by Gamal Wareth, Mohamed El-Diasty, Falk Melzer, Jayaseelan Murugaiyan, Amir Abdulmawjood, Lisa D. Sprague, Heinrich Neubauer

“…Diagnosis and control of abortion in Egypt should include Trueperella pyogenes as one of possible causes of abortion.…”
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Development of indicators to measure health system capacity for quality abortion care in 10 countries: a rapid assessment of a measurement framework and indicators by Leopold Ouedraogo, Katy Footman, Fahdi Dkhimi, Bela Ganatra, Mohamed Ali, Antonella Lavelanet, Souleymane Zan, Shikha Bansal, Karima Gholbzouri, Eman Aly, Nilmini Hemachandra, Laurence Läser, Ulrika Rehnstrom Loi, Dina Gbenou, Yelmali Hien, Asmani Chilanga, Hayfa Elamin, Priya Karna, Laurence Codjia, Heidi Bart Johnston, Ghislaine Glitho Alinsato, Sithembile Dlamini-Nqeketo, Lisa Hedman, Md Khurshid Alam Hyder, Theopista John, Amrita Kansal, Belete Mihretu, Pamela Amaka Onyiah, Sikander Qais, Ellen Thom, Meera Upadhyay, Qudsia Uzma

“…Introduction A significant gap exists in the availability of indicators and tools to monitor health system capacity for quality abortion care at input and process levels. In this paper, we describe the process and results of developing and assessing indicators to monitor health system capacity strengthening for quality abortion care.Methods As part of a 4-year (2019–2022) multicountry project focused on preventing unsafe abortion using a health system strengthening approach in 10 countries, we developed a monitoring framework with indicators and metadata. …”
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Factors that influence the choice of long-acting reversible contraceptive use among adolescents post-abortion in Chongqing, China: a cross-sectional study by Fengzhen Jin, Yuanpei Yang, Junjie Sun, Ruiyue Li, Fei Yao, Xiaoli Liu

“…Background Induced abortion can seriously harm the physical and mental health of adolescent women. …”
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16S rRNA and Omp31 Gene Based Molecular Characterization of Field Strains of B. melitensis from Aborted Foetus of Goats in India by Ajay Singh, Vivek Kumar Gupta, Amit Kumar, Vikas Kumar Singh, Shivasharanappa Nayakwadi

“…The 30 samples (fetal membrane, fetal stomach content and vaginal swabs) collected throughout India from the aborted fetus of goats revealed the isolation of 05 isolates all belonging to Brucella melitensis biovars 3. …”
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Elevated Circulating IL-1β and TNF-Alpha, and Unaltered IL-6 in First-Trimester Pregnancies Complicated by Threatened Abortion With an Adverse Outcome by Nicolaos Vitoratos, Constantinos Papadias, Emmanuel Economou, Evangelos Makrakis, Constantinos Panoulis, George Creatsas

“…The purpose of the present study was to examine the profile of selected proinflammatory cytokines in maternal serum of first-trimester pregnancies complicated by threatened abortion (TACP) and its relevance to obstetric outcome. …”
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