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Healthcare professionals’ attitudes towards termination of pregnancy at viable stage Ghent University
Interpreting the medical termination of pregnancy act by primary care providers in rural Karnataka: implication on safe abortion services Institute of Tropical Medicine
Termination of pregnancy among very preterm births and its impact on very preterm mortality: results from ten European population-based cohorts in the MOSAIC study University of Antwerp
Objective To study the impact of terminations of pregnancy (TOP) on very preterm mortality in Europe. Design European prospective population-based cohort study. Setting Ten regions from nine European countries participating in the MOSAIC (Models of OrganiSing Access to Intensive Care for very preterm babies) study. These regions had different policies on screening for congenital anomalies (CAs) and on pregnancy termination. Population or sample ...
Late termination of pregnancy in Belgium University of Antwerp
Termination of pregnancy when the foetus is considered viable remains a legal and ethical challenge for lawmakers and society. In Belgium, the lawfulness of late termination of pregnancy is contested by legal scholars up until today. Through statutory interpretation, this analysis demonstrates that this controversy is unwarranted and that termination of pregnancy for particularly severe and incurable foetal abnormality or for serious threats to ...
Pregnancy termination in the case of an orofacial cleft University of Antwerp KU Leuven
Objective: To describe ethical approaches to the issue of pregnancy termination after prenatal detection of cleft lip ± palate. Results: Gynecologists and cleft surgeons are sometimes confronted with the demand for a pregnancy termination after ultrasound detection of an isolated cleft lip/cleft palate. In this article, we discuss different ethical theories and principles that can be applied to the dilemma at hand. We formulate recommendations ...
Postmortem MR in termination of pregnancy for central nervous system (CNS) anomalies KU Leuven
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the concordance of conventional autopsy (CA) and postmortem magnetic resonance (MR) after termination of pregnancy (TOP) in fetuses with prenatally detected central nervous system (CNS) anomalies. Second, to determine the most informative postmortem investigation in parental counseling. METHODS: All TOPs between 2006 and 2016 with prenatally detected CNS involvement and having a postmortem MR and CA as postmortem ...
Termination of pregnancy for renal malformations KU Leuven
We studied the correlation between prenatal diagnosis and postmortem investigations in pregnancies terminated for renal malformations.
Abortion law reform in Europe: The 2018 Belgian and Irish Acts on termination of pregnancy University of Antwerp
Two European countries, Belgium and Ireland, have recently reformed their abortion laws. Through a comparative approach, this article analyses the 2018 Abortion Acts and pinpoints the common challenges encountered in the drafting process. Under both legal regimes, abortion is lawful up to 12 weeks with no requirement as to reason, and provisions on a mandatory reflection period and conscientious objection only differ in detail. While later ...