{"id":12964,"date":"1971-07-10T22:28:00","date_gmt":"1971-07-11T05:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12964"},"modified":"2023-02-03T09:07:35","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T17:07:35","slug":"impact-on-hospital-practice-of-liberalizing-abortions-and-female-sterilizations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12964","title":{"rendered":"Impact on hospital practice of liberalizing abortions and female sterilizations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A David Clayman, John R Wakeford, John MM Turner,Brian Hayden<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"171\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cmaj.jpg\" alt=\"Canadian Medical Association Journal, CMAJ\" class=\"wp-image-11269\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Canadian Medical Association Journal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>The number of therapeutic abortions performed at the Vancouver General Hospital in 1969 was double the average number for the previous four years and in 1970 the total reached 1465. The more liberal attitude towards abortion has resulted in a decided reduction in the number of children available for adoption in the community. This policy has required a streamlining of the duties of the Therapeutic Abortion Committee and an alteration in the pattern of bed and operating-room utilization. By far the greatest number of abortions were performed on psychiatric-social grounds. The complication rate of 17% was influenced chiefly by the advanced duration of the gestation in a high proportion of cases. Gynecologists and hospitals must be prepared to assume their altered role in providing abortion and sterilization in today&#8217;s society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Clayman AD, Wakeford JR, Turner JMM, Hayden B. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1931059\/pdf\/canmedaj01622-0037.pdf\">Impact on hospital practice of liberalizing abortions and female sterilizations.<\/a> Can Med Assoc J. 1971 Jul 10;105(1):35-41, 83. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A David Clayman, John R Wakeford, John MM Turner,Brian Hayden AbstractThe number of therapeutic abortions performed at the Vancouver General Hospital in 1969 was double the average number for the previous four years and in 1970 the total reached 1465. 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