A Summary of “Termination of Pregnancy for Fetal Anomaly: A Population-Based Study 1995 to 2004”
In 1990, TOPFA, or termination of pregnancy for fetal anomaly, was made legal in the UK at any gestational age if the prenatal diagnosis indicates a risk of substantial abnormalities. This was done through an amendment to the Abortion Act. National abortion data, such as that gathered by the Office for National Statistics in England […]
Overlapping borders: limit of viability and late terminations of pregnancy – a retrospective multicentre observational study
This study was conducted following an incidental observation during a Swiss National Science Foundation Project. It aimed to analyze the context of delivery room deaths after late termination of pregnancy (LTOP) in Switzerland over three years. The Abortion Survivors Network created the following summary of this research. Method: Researchers examined delivery room deaths, including live […]
A Summary of “Fetal Survival in Second-Trimester Termination of Pregnancy Without Feticide”
The goal of this study was to determine the rate of live birth, and the duration of life, for survivors of pregnancy termination without feticide in the second trimester. The Abortion Survivors Network created the following summary of this research. Methods: This study retrospectively analyzed 241 abortions performed at a single center in Europe from […]
A Summary of “Second-Trimester Abortion and Risk of Live Birth”
ACOG published “Second-Trimester Abortion and Risk of Live Birth” in the June 2024 edition of The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, volume 230, issue 6. The Abortion Survivors Network created the following summary of this research. Method: This was a retrospective cohort study of 13,777 abortions at 15-29 weeks gestation in Quebec hospitals between […]