Demographic Consequences of the Legalization of Induced Abortion in Eastern Europe

Outcome of Delivery Subsequent to Vacuum ‐ Aspiration Abortion in Nulliparous Women

“…As in a recent study from the United States (4) we found no relationship between the number of previous abortions and the outcome of subsequent birth(s) (Tables IX and X), which is contrary to earlier data from Eastern Europe (14).…”

Legal Abortion: An Appraisal of Its Health Impact

“…Although seconda ry sterility and ectopic pregnancy have been stated by various authors to occur in some cases as a result of pelvic infection (5,6), such comp licat ions would likely occur more frequently following self-induced abortion or abortions performed by un killed operators than by abortions performed by physicians capable of performing procedures under aseptic conditions. While some aut hors have reported an increased tendency to ectopic pregnancy subsequent to induced abortion (7,8), in 2 carefully controlled large scale studies-I in Japan (9) a nd I in Yugoslavia ( 10)-no positive association was found between ectopic pregnancy and prior legal abortion.…”

“…A report from Czechoslovakia in 1970 cited a two-f0ld rate of increase in spontaneous, first trimester abortion in a group of women admitting to a history of previous induced abortion (5). fn this study the author compared the results of the study population to the reported incidence of spontaneous abortion from vital statistics reports.…”

Does liberal abortion improve perinatal outcome?

“…Liberal abortion laws in Japan and Sweden are associated with decreased rates of low birth weight infants (4-5%) [17]. A long-term effect of increased numbers of low birth weight babies was noted following legal abörtjon in Hungary [11], and illegal abortion in Greece [14,15]. Recent studies from Yugoslavia [9], Japan [18] and Taiwan [3] found no association betweeninducedabortionandsubsequentpregnancy outcome.…”