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Am J Obstet Gynecol
September 2024
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New Hyde Park, NY.
Isr J Health Policy Res
January 2023
University of Haifa (Adjunct, Emeritus), Haifa, Israel.
Background: This opinion piece looks at the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization and then compares the law on abortion in the USA to the law in Israel on reproductive medicine in general. The Dobbs decision validated a Mississippi state law that restricted access to abortion, while overruling the landmark precedent of Roe v.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIssues Law Med
July 2016
This article attempts to determine, first, whether emergency exceptions in statutes regulating abortion have been abused and, second, whether the standard used in such an exception--subjective or objective--makes a difference in the reported incidence of such emergencies. A review of the statistical data supports two conclusions. First, physicians who perform abortions and have complied with state reporting requirements have not relied upon the medical emergency exceptions in state abortion statutes to evade the requirements of those statutes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Genet Couns
June 2016
Regional Genetics Unit, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
The purpose of this study was to explore the definition of fetal viability and the availability, indications, and decision making processes for post-viability termination of pregnancy for fetal abnormalities and health conditions in Canada. An online survey of members of the Canadian Association of Genetic Counsellors, the Canadian College of Medical Geneticists, and the Canadian Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine who provide direct counselling to, or management of, prenatal patients in Canada (total sample size 815). Results of this study showed that the majority of respondents indicated that their centre will offer post-viability termination of pregnancy (98/123; 80 %).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUltrasound Obstet Gynecol
December 2015
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Objectives: To compare the outcomes of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and bipolar cord coagulation (BPC) methods for selective feticide in complicated monochorionic (MC) twin gestations and to determine risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcome.
Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of all patients with complicated MC twin pregnancy who underwent selective reduction in a single tertiary care center between 2000 and 2014. We compared the two methods with respect to various demographic, obstetric and perinatal outcome variables.
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