بررسي مراجعين درخواست مجوز سقط درماني به مركز پزشكي قانوني از خرداد 78 تا پايان ارديبهشت 79

Study of legal abortion in legal medicine centers during 1999-2000

In our country, legal medicine centers should approved cases referred for legal abortion. Such cases were analyzed in present study. 245 cases were reffered which in 126 cases (51.4%) the approval was done and for others (119 cases) rejected. Mean age of cases was 30.8 years. The most common indications for legal abortion refferral was cardiovascular disease (27%), fetal problems (17%) and renal disorders (11 %). The most common indications that were approved included cardiovascular disease (36%) Thallasemia and malignancies (each 17%). The mean gestational age was 10.2 weeks.