Fertility: Sexual Intercourse, Human Sexual Activity, Abortion, Reproduction, Spermatozoon, Pregnancy, in Vitro Fertilisation, Sexual Selection - Taschenbuch

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 150. Chapters: Sexual intercourse, Human sexual activity, Abortion, Reproduction, Spermatozoon, Pregnancy, In vitro fertilisation, Sexual selection, One-child policy, Adultery, Estrogen, Sexual abstinence, Fertility rite, Courtship, Total fertility rates by federal subjects of Russia, Infertility, List of sovereign states and dependent territories by fertility rate, Asherman's syndrome, Reproductive system, Fetus, Prenatal development, Fertility and intelligence, Human sexuality, Sexual reproduction, Plant reproduction, Ejaculation, Medical abortion, Sub-replacement fertility, Embryo transfer, Female infertility, Stillbirth, Implantation, Uterine serpin, Premature ovarian failure, List of fertility deities, Demographic-economic paradox, Advanced maternal age, Human sexual response cycle, Tjurunga, Birth rate, Benandanti, Habitual abortion, Gestation period, Human fertilization, Age at first marriage, Mating system, Megaspore, Fertility-development controversy, Plietesials, Oncofertility Consortium, Baby boom, Heihaizi, Cytoplasmic transfer, Semen extender, Sperm motility, Bokanovsky's process, Seasonal breeder, Opportunistic breeders, Therapeutic abortion, Assortative mating, Fecundity, The Nang Rong Projects, No Kidding!, Shettles Method, Biodemographic Models for Reproductive Aging Project, Birth dearth, Monocarpic, Virility, Zygote intrafallopian transfer, Low Fertility Cohorts Study, 1978: A Survey of White, Ever-Married Women Belonging to the 1901-1910 United States Birth Cohorts, Natural fertility, Mast year, National Gamete Donation Trust, Oocyte selection, Day of Conception, China Multi-Generational Panel Dataset - Liaoning, 1749-1909, American Fertility Association, Net reproduction rate, Kidding Aside, Mast Seeding, Spermatogenesis arrest, Period of viability, Gross reproduction rate, Fertility symbol, Easterlin hypothesis. Excerpt: Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by the removal or expulsion of a fetus or embryo from the uterus, resulting in or caused by its death. An abortion can occur spontaneously due to complications during pregnancy or can be induced in humans and other species. In the context of human pregnancies, an abortion induced to preserve the health of the gravida (pregnant female) is termed a therapeutic abortion, while an abortion induced for any other reason is termed an elective abortion. The term abortion most commonly refers to the induced abortion of a human pregnancy, while spontaneous abortions are usually termed miscarriages. Abortion has a low risk of maternal mortality except for abortions performed unsafely, which result in 70,000 deaths and 5 million disabilities per year globally. Abortions are unsafe when performed by persons without the proper skills or outside of a medically safe environment. An estimated 42 million abortions are performed annually with 20 million of those abortions done unsafely around the world. Forty percent of the world's women are able to access therapeutic and elective abortions within gestational limits. Abortion has a long history and has been induced by various methods including herbal abortifacients, the use of sharpened tools, physical trauma, and other traditional methods. Contemporary medicine utilizes medications and surgical procedures to induce abortion. The legality, prevalence, cultural status, and religious status of abortion vary substantially around the world. In many parts of the world there is prominent and divisive publ...