Abortion

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Updated August 2011

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Title:   Termination of pregnancy (abortion)
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Among women of reproductive age, recent Australian research shows that approximately half will have experienced an unplanned pregnancy making it a normal part of women's reproductive experience.
Date:   Dec 2011
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 2011
Title:   Abortion
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Abortion is the end (termination) of a pregnancy. A low-risk surgical procedure called suction aspiration or suction curette is generally used for first trimester abortions. Medical (non-surgical) abortions using medications such as mifepristone (RU486) are available in some clinics. Studies show most Australians support the idea of safe and legal abortion.
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Abortion - emotional issues
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Women who have had an abortion aren't more likely to experience long-term psychological or emotional problems. Not all women who have an abortion experience guilt, grief and shame as a result of the procedure. The true experiences of women who have had an abortion remain under-reported because of social stigma.
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Termination of pregnancy (abortion)
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   Finding out you are pregnant can bring up many different emotions, especially if it was not planned.
Date:   Oct 2011
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.
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Abortion - counselling options
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Counselling is generally included as part of the abortion process in all Australian States and Territories. 'Counselling' is an umbrella term, which includes advice, information, support, education and therapy. Ideally, counselling offers a woman a non-judgemental opportunity to work through her feelings.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Genetic or medical termination of pregnancy
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   No one who conceives a pregnancy expects to have to terminate it for medical reasons, or for a normally happy event to become one of sadness.
Date:   Dec 2011
Title:   Termination of pregnancy - abortion
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   An abortion is the termination of a pregnancy, resulting in the removal or expulsion of the contents of the uterus, usually carried out to avoid unwanted pregnancies, or pregnancies that are dangerous to the mother.
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   Pregnancy Loss
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information about pregnancy loss, including miscarriage, foetal death and abortion.
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   Teenage pregnancy
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Fewer young people are giving birth now than in the 1970s. This is most likely due to improved sexuality education, availability of contraception and access to abortion. Young women have a higher complication rate during pregnancy and childbirth. Non-judgemental pregnancy counselling supports young women to make free, fully-informed decisions while considering all options.
Date:   Oct 2010
Title:   Abortion procedures
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Abortion is one of the safest and most common types of surgery in Australia. However, all surgery carries risk and complications of abortion can include infection and excessive bleeding. Suction aspiration is the most common procedure for first trimester abortions.
Date:   Jun 2010
Title:   Women and abortion
Publisher:   Women's Health Victoria (WHV)
Description:   Covers surgical and medical abortion, late-term abortion, number of abortions, current legal context, access to abortion, attitudes to abortion, abortion myths, current issues in Victoria, and good practice in abortion service provision.
Date:   May 2010
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 2010
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 2010
Title:   Abortion services in Victoria
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Abortion is legal in Victoria. 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:   Dec 2011
Title:   Pregnancy - your options
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Unplanned pregnancies are very common. Not all, however, are unwanted. In some cases, the woman, though surprised, looks forward to raising the child. When a woman doesn't want to become a parent, her pregnancy options include abortion, foster care and adoption.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Use of routinely collected national data sets for reporting on induced abortion in Australia
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report examines the utility of the available routinely collected national data sources for enumerating induced abortion in Australia. It outlines a methodology for estimating the number of induced abortions in Australia using the Medicare data and the National Hospital Morbidity Database (NHMD) data.
Date:   Dec 2005

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