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Americans Show Rising Support for Abortion Rights: Poll
TUESDAY, July 26 (HealthDay News) -- Despite recent moves by some states to restrict access to abortion, more Americans now support a woman's right to choose than they did two years ago, a new Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll finds. Nearly one-qu...
Decline in U.S. Abortion Rate Stalls, Report Finds
TUESDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- The steady, long-term decline in the U.S. abortion rate stalled in 2008, and there has been an alarming increase in the number of abortion providers reporting harassment, a new study shows. The abortion rate in...
Teens' Mental Health Not Harmed by Abortion, Study Contends
TUESDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDay News) -- While some research has linked abortion to the development of mental health problems, a small new study says teenagers who undergo the procedure aren't more likely to be depressed and have low self-esteem than...
Abortion Rates Rising Among the Poor
TUESDAY, May 4 (HealthDay News) -- Between 2000 and 2008, the proportion of poor women in the United States having an abortion increased nearly 60 percent, from 27 percent to 42 percent, says a new study. According to the report released May 4 by ...
Changes Reduced Infections From Medical Abortion
WEDNESDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) -- Two changes to the way Planned Parenthood clinics perform medical abortion resulted in a 93 percent drop in the rate of serious infections, a new report says. The changes involved administering the drug misopr...
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