Background Surgical abortion by vacuum aspiration or dilatation and curettage has been the
method of choice for early pregnancy termination since the 1960s. Medical abortion became …

Background Medical abortion became an alternative method of pregnancy termination
following the development of prostaglandins and antiprogesterone in the 1970s and 1980s …

Unintended pregnancy can carry serious consequences for women and their families. We
estimate the incidence of pregnancy by intention status and outcome at worldwide, regional …

Objective This report presents national estimates of contraceptive use and method choice
based on the 1982, 1995, 2002, and 2006-2008 National Surveys of Family Growth (NSFG) …

Why is the rate of teen childbearing is so unusually high in the United States as a whole, and
in some US states in particular? US teens are two and a half times as likely to give birth as …

Health: Deborah Assayag, Elizabeth Barnett, Jennifer Blake, Beverly Brockest, Giovani
Burgos, Glenn Campbell, Andrea Chambers, Angie Chan, Maryann Cheetham, Walter …

Background Information on incidence of induced abortion is crucial for identifying policy and
programmatic needs aimed at reducing unintended pregnancy. Because unsafe abortion is …

This paper examines fertility and family policies in 15 Central and East European (CEE)
countries to establish firstly, likely directions of cohort fertility trends for the coming decade; …

Thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAAs) are potentially devastating, and due to their asymptomatic
behavior, pose a serious health risk characterized by the lack of medical treatment options …

» Fertilität in Mittel-und Osteuropa nach 1989: Kollaps und graduelle Erholung «. This
contribution looks at the recent transformations of reproductive and family behaviour in …