4288.0: Tuesday, November 14, 2000: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM

Safe, Legal and Rare--Abortion in the 21st Century

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Moderator(s):Barbara Crane, PhD
4:30 PMAbortion and modern contraceptive use in Turkey
Pinar Senlet, MD, Jill A. Mathis, MHS, Sian Curtis, PhD, Amy Tsui, PhD
4:45 PMBarriers to Early Abortion in the US
Janie Benson, MPH, Ann Gerhardt, MPH, Lynne Randall, MPH, Susan Dudley, PhD, Kathryn Clark, MS
5:00 PMBarriers to medical abortion among low-income women
Lynn Borgatta, MD, MPH, Paula Kolbas, MD, Buffi Vega, RN, CNP, Phillip Stubblefield, MD
5:15 PMFilling a gap in abortion services: Introduction of the dilation and evacuation procedure for second trimester abortion services in Vietnam
Alyson G. Hyman, MPH, Paul D. Blumenthal, MD, MPH, Laura Castleman, MD, MPH, Oanh T. H. Khuat, MD, Thuy Thanh Le, MD
5:30 PMU.S. abortion statistics: Shortcomings and a proposal for improvement
Stanley K. Henshaw, PhD
Sponsor:Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health
Cosponsors:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Social Work; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA