Term
| leading killers with abortions |
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Definition
- hemorrhage
- eclampsia
- unsafe abortion
- sepsis
- obstructed labor and obstetric fistula
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Term
| practical solutions for decreasing maternal mortality rate |
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Definition
- enhances access to comprehensive reproductive health service
- increase care by skilled midwives, nurses, or doctors during pregnancy and childbirth
- emergency obstetric care for mothers and newborns with complications
- three delays
- delay in seeking care for complications
- delay in reaching heatlh facility
- delay in receiving tx from health care provider
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Term
| complications for unintended pregnancy |
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Definition
- financially
- family structure
- child wellbeing
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Term
| maternal mortality impact |
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Definition
- raises death and illne4ss rates for children
- devastating to families
- takes children (primarily girls) out of school
- lowers household and community economic productivity
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Term
| Effect of education on girls who are motherless |
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Definition
- every year of education delays early marriage and reduces the number of children she has
- educated women less likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth and more likely to send their children to school
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Term
| When are abortions the safest to perform |
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Definition
| the earlier the safer it is |
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Term
| long term safety associated with abortion |
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Definition
- first trimester abortions pose virtually no risk of:
- infertility
- ectopic pregnancy
- miscarriage
- birth defect
- preterm or low birth weight delivery
- there is no association btw abortion and breast cancer
- abortion does not pose a hazard to women's mental health
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Term
| reasons that the number of abortion providers has declined |
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Definition
- anti-abortion harassment and violence
- social stigma/marginalization
- professional isolation/peer pressure
- the "graying of providers"
- inadequate economic/other incentives
- lack of medical training opportunities
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Term
| % of pregnancies unintended |
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Definition
half (with half of these ending in abortions) |
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Term
| % of women who will have had an abortion by age 45 |
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Definition
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Term
| Where do most abortions tend to occur |
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Definition
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Term
| Who has abortions, why and when in pregnancy? |
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Definition
- disadvantaged women bear a disproportionate amount of unintended pregnancies and abortions
- majority of women already mothers
- 90% of abortions in first trimester
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Term
| Different abortion methods |
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Definition
- suction and aspiration
- complications
- infection
- uterine or cervical injury
- hemorrhage
- hematometra
- retained products of conception
- medication
- antiprogestin: mifepriston
- antimetabolite: methotrexate
- prostaglandin analogue: misoprostol
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Term
| mechanism of action mifepriston and misoprostol |
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Definition
- blocking of progesterone leads to:
- decidual necrosis
- rhythmic uterine contractions
- cervical rippening
- this leads to detachment and expulsion
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