Elective abortion: Clinical practice guidelines from the French College of Gynecologists and Obstetricians (CNGOF)

Vayssière, Christophe; Gaudineau, A.; Attali, Luisa; Bettahar, K.; Eyraud, S.; Faucher, Philippe; Fournet, P.; Hassoun, Danielle; Hatchuel, M.; Jamin, C.; Letombe, Brigitte; Linet, Teddy; Razon, Marie Msika; Ohanessian, Alexandra; Segain, Hélène; Vigoureux, Solène; Winer, Norbert; Wylomanski, S.; Agostini, Aubert

doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2018.01.017

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“…We corroborated prior studies demonstrating frequent endorsement of abortion myths [8]. When considering women's understanding about the safety of abortion and impact on health, inaccurate anti-abortion messaging and poor sexual health knowledge appears to outweigh abundant and compelling contrary evidence [1,22,24,25,[27][28][29][30][31]. We found respondents to be highly misinformed on abortion safety, consistent with prior studies [8][9][10]19].…”

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Women's knowledge of their state's abortion regulations. A national survey

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Objectives: States vary significantly in their regulation of abortion. Misinformation about abortion is pervasive and propagated by state-mandated scripts that contain abortion myths. We sought to investigate women's knowledge of abortion laws in their state. Our secondary objective was to describe women's ability to discern myths about abortion from facts about abortion. Study design: This was a cross-sectional study of English-and Spanish-speaking women aged 18-49 in the United States. We enrolled members of the GfK KnowledgePanel, a probability-based, nationallyrepresentative online sample. Our primary outcome was the proportion of correct answers to 12 questions about laws regulating abortion in a respondent's state. We asked five questions about common abortion myths. We used descriptive statistics to characterize performance on these measures and bivariate and multivariate modeling to identify risk factors for poor knowledge of state abortion laws. Results: Of 2223 women contacted, 1057 (48%) completed the survey. The mean proportion of correct answers to 12 law questions was 18% (95% CI 17-20%). For three of five assessed myths, women endorsed myths about abortion over facts. Those who believe abortion should be illegal (aOR 2.18, CI 1.40-3.37), and those living in states with neutral or hostile state policies toward abortion (neutral aOR 1.99, CI 1.34-2.97; hostile aOR 1.6, CI 1.07-2.36) were at increased odds of poor law knowledge. Conclusions: Women had low levels of knowledge about state abortion laws and commonly endorse abortion myths. Women's knowledge of their state's abortion laws was associated with personal views about abortion and their state policy environment. Implications: Supporters of reproductive rights can use these results to show policy makers that their constituents are unlikely to know about laws being passed that may profoundly affect them. These findings underscore the potential benefit in correcting widely-held, medically-inaccurate beliefs about abortion so opinions about laws can be based on fact.

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confidence: 87%

Women's knowledge of their state's abortion regulations. A national survey

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“…2018; Atijosan, Adeyeye, and Ogungbayi 2019) can lead to infertility in women, despite evidence that neither reversible contraceptive methods nor safe abortions adversely impact future fertility (Girum and Wasie 2018; Vayssière et al. 2018). Supernatural causes noted by participants included bewitching, pledges made to gods to accrue wealth in exchange for womanhood, or as punishment for masturbation or marital infidelity (Tabong and Adongo 2013b; Yaw Osei 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

Prevalence and Correlates of Perceived Infertility in Ghana

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Studies in Family Planning

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Perceived infertility is an understudied phenomenon in low‐ and middle‐income countries, where biomedical infertility can have severe consequences, particularly for women. We conducted a nationally representative survey of Ghanaian women, estimated the prevalence of and reasons for perceived infertility, and assessed factors associated with higher levels of perceived infertility using a partial proportional odds model. Among 4,070 women, 13 percent believed they were “very likely” to have difficulty getting pregnant when they wanted to, 21 percent believed this was “somewhat likely,” and 66 percent believed this was “not at all likely.” Reasons for perceived infertility varied by whether the respondent was currently seeking pregnancy. In multivariable analysis, several factors were associated with higher levels of perceived infertility, while unexpectedly, women who reported ever using contraception were less likely to report perceived infertility. Acknowledging the need to address infertility globally and understanding the role of perceived infertility are important components in supporting people's ability to decide whether and when to have children.

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“…2.1 The role of pre-abortion ultrasound French (CNGOF), British (RCOG), Canadian (SOGC) and American (ACOG) national guidelines on abortion care suggest that while ultrasound should be readily available, it is not mandatory prior to early medical termination of pregnancy (RCOG 2011, ACOG 2014, Costescu et al 2016& Vayssière et al 2018. If the certifying doctor has concerns that history or examination findings may suggest an ectopic pregnancy or a gestational age of more than 9 weeks, an ultrasound should be performed.…”

Section: Recommendationmentioning

confidence: 99%