{
    "abstract": "This discusses activities current in England under the abortion law of April 1968. In England and Wales in 1969 there were 54,013 recorded abortions and 15 related deaths. Since then both the number of deaths and the number of abortions have been increasing. This abortion increase is partly attributed to the adverse publicity regarding the pill which has caused many women to give up oral contraceptives. Complications have included incomplete removal of the products of conception, sepsis, hemorrhage, and perforation of the uterus. There have been wide variation in interpretations of the law by different hospitals and staffs. Sterilization operations are being done in increasing number for both men and women. Carefully worded consent forms are now in use to insure patient understanding and consent. Psychological changes may follow sterilization, but are relatively uncommon. Physicians should do all possible to help women avoid unwanted pregnancies and thereby reduce the demand for termination.",
    "authors": [
        {
            "affiliation": null,
            "firstname": "S J",
            "initials": "SJ",
            "lastname": "Steele"
        }
    ],
    "conclusions": null,
    "copyrights": null,
    "doi": null,
    "journal": "Medical gynaecology and sociology",
    "keywords": [
        "Abortion, Induced--legal aspects",
        "Developed Countries",
        "Europe",
        "Family Planning",
        "Fertility Control, Postconception",
        "Northern Europe",
        "Sterilization, Sexual",
        "United Kingdom",
        "Western Europe"
    ],
    "methods": null,
    "publication_date": "1970-01-01",
    "pubmed_id": "12331903",
    "results": null,
    "title": "Abortion and sterilization.",
    "xml": "<Element 'PubmedArticle' at 0x788501dacb30>"
}