Obstetric Outcome of Pregnancies Following Abortions

Abstract

. Inclusion criteria were pregnancies with history of previous abortions. These cases were compared with a group of controls. RESULTS: There were 412 cases with previous history of abortions. There were 272 (66 %) booked cases while 140 (33.9%) were unbooked cases. 347 (84.2%) patients crossed viable period of pregnancy (more than 28 weeks). 56 (13.5%) patients had repeat abortions. Pregnancies complicated by high risk factors were 177(42.9%). 176(49.43%) patients underwent vaginal delivery and 138 (38.7%) underwent cesarean section. 77 (21.6%) of Babies were low birth weight while others were above 2.5 kg. There were 46 (12.9%) preterm babies and 12 (2.9%) Intrauterine demise of fetuses. These were compared to a group of controls and discussion is carried out. CONCLUSION: Patients with previous history of abortions are at increased risk of adverse maternal and perinatal outcome.

The Association Between Intimate Partner Violence and Distance Traveled to Access Abortion in a Nationally Representative Sample of Abortion Patients

“…Socioeconomically disadvantaged women experience more barriers when seeking abortion and they report struggling to arrange travel and secure adequate resources to cover procedural costs (Ostrach & Cheyney, 2014). For example, a lack of resources and an inability to afford abortion-related costs have been cited as reasons for delaying an abortion (Ostrach & Cheyney, 2014; Upadhyay, Koregol, Bulusu, Dubey, & Shah, 2013). Moreover, economically vulnerable patients who received financial assistance from an abortion fund were found to have a mere one fifth of the resources needed to pay for their abortions, which cost an average of over US$2,000 (Ely, Hales, Jackson, Maguin, & Hamilton, 2017a).…”