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  2. Emory University Hospital Midtown - Wikipedia

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    In 1931, the hospital was renamed Crawford W. Long Memorial Hospital in honor of Dr. Crawford W. Long, the Georgia physician who discovered sulphuric ether for use as an anesthetic, and was the first doctor to use anesthesia during surgery. Emory Crawford Long Hospital was renamed "Emory University Hospital Midtown", effective February 13, 2009.

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    Wikipedia is written by volunteer editors and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other volunteer projects : Commons. Free media repository. MediaWiki. Wiki software development. Meta-Wiki. Wikimedia project coordination. Wikibooks. Free textbooks and manuals.

  4. Abortion in the Republic of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Abortion is permitted in Ireland during the first twelve weeks of pregnancy, and later in cases where the pregnant woman's life or health is at risk, or in the cases of a fatal foetal abnormality. Abortion services commenced on 1 January 2019, following its legalisation by the aforementioned Act, which became law on 20 December 2018.

  5. Abortion in Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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    Statistics. In 2004, a news report found that the abortion rate of Hong Kong was the highest in the developed world. According to government statistics, in 2001 there were 49,144 live births and hospitals performed 20,235 abortions. The abortion rate was 29.2%. However, the actual figure could be even higher because the data did not include ...

  6. Abortion in Thailand - Wikipedia

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    Abortion in Thailand is legal and available on-request up to 20 weeks of pregnancy. [1] Abortion has been legal up to at least 12 weeks of pregnancy since 7 February 2021. Following a 2020 ruling of the Constitutional Court which declared a portion of the abortion statutes unconstitutional, [2] the Parliament removed first-term abortion from ...

  7. Abortion in Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    Abortion in Vietnam is legal until 22 weeks of pregnancy and provided free of charge by the state through Article 44 of the 1989 Public Health Protection Law. Vietnam also has one of the highest rates of abortion that has been surveyed in the world [3] [4] and its abortion laws are among the most liberal in Southeast Asia and the world.

  8. Henry Ford Hospital (painting) - Wikipedia

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    Dolores Olmedo Museum, Xochimilco, Mexico City. Henry Ford Hospital is a 1932 oil-on-metal painting by the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo about her experience of delivering a dead male fetus on 4 July at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, United States, when she was approximately 3 months pregnant. Depictions of childbirth, abortion, or ...

  9. Medical abortion - Wikipedia

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    A medical abortion, also known as medication abortion or non-surgical abortion, occurs when drugs ( medication) are used to bring about an abortion. Medical abortions are an alternative to surgical abortions such as vacuum aspiration or dilation and curettage. [6] Medical abortions are more common than surgical abortions in most places around ...