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Preventing and managing complications of induced abortion in Third World countries
Author(s) -
Ladipo Oladipo A.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(89)90099-4
Subject(s) - medicine , abortion , septic abortion , genital tract , vacuum aspiration , family planning , gynecology , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , nursing , population , family medicine , pregnancy , environmental health , research methodology , genetics , biology , physiology
In societies with restrictive abortion laws, clandestine induced abortion by unskilled personnel results in needless and very high mortality and morbidity, tremendous strain on limited health resources, and inexcusable human suffering. Sepsis, hemorrhage, genitol tract trauma, and related ill health and sterility, could be prevented by legalizing abortion, making appropriate sex education and contraceptive services available and training physicians and nonphysicians in uterine vacuum aspiration.