Saturday, 25 October 2008
Plenary Session 4: Changing attitudes towards abortion: Endangering women’s health again
Chair: Christian Fiala (Austria), Ellen Wiebe (Canada)
- Spain: Legal actions against health care professionals (PDF)
Eva Rodriguez (Spain) - Netherlands: Legal action against a woman
Robert Blekxtoon (Netherlands) - Italy: Continous political interference by the Vatican (PDF)
Silvio Viale (Italy) → Abstract (PDF) - Eastern Europe: Turning back the wheel? (PDF)
Rodica Comendant (Moldavia) → Abstract-Textbook - Developing a strategic approach to the threat to women’s health (PDF)
Ann Furedi (UK) → Abstract-Textbook
Workshop 5 Medical abortion
Chair: Oskari Heikinheimo (Finland), Sophie Eyraud (France)
- Medical abortion at 7 - 9 weeks gestation: Considerations and challenges
Kristina Gemzell (Sweden) → Abstract-Textbook - How to diagnose a complete medical abortion
Christian Fiala (Austria) → Abstract-Textbook - Women’s experiences: Are they satisfied?Erfahrungen von Frauen: sind sie zufrieden?
Annie Bachelot (France) → Abstract-Textbook - Women’s choices: Why do they opt for medical abortion?
Mette Løkeland (Norway) → Abstract-Textbook
Workshop 6 Challenges in contraception
Chair: Anne Verougstraete (Belgium), Charlotte Wilken-Jensen (Danmark)
- Attitudes of women, media and society towards contraception: Are we making progress? (PDF)
Mirella Parachini (Italy) → Abstract-Textbook - When contraception fails: Adolescent contraception practices and teenage pregnancy
Silja Matthiesen (Germany) → Abstract-Textbook - Contraception and sexuality: Effects on pleasure, spontaneity, and frequency (PDF)
Johannes Bitzer (Switzerland) → Abstract-Textbook - Economic discrepancies for contraception in Europe (PDF)
Ines Thonke (Germany) → Abstract-Textbook - Long cycle combined hormonal contraception (PDF)
Gabriele Merki (Switzerland) → Abstract-Textbook
Workshop 7 Value clarification - an interactive workshop
Christina Wegs (US)
Supported by → Ipas, US → Abstract-Textbook
Please find more information on value clarification → www.reproductiveaccess.org
Workshop 8 Free Communications
Chair: Sam Rowlands (Great Britain), Carolyn Philips (Great Britain)
- Promoting misoprostol for multiple ob-gyn indications: A strategy for increasing access to safe abortion in Latin
Rodolfo Gómez Ponce de León (IPAS, US) → Abstract-Textbook - Implementing first-trimester public-sector legal abortion services in Mexico’s Federal District
Christopher Bross (IPAS, Mexico) → Abstract-Textbook - Challenges and barriers to accessing safe abortion services in Nepal
Mahesh Puri (Nepal) → Abstract-Textbook - Reducing Serious Infection Following Medical Abortion (PDF)
Steve Lichtenberg (US) - Sexual risk taking for self and partner as perceived by young men in Sweden
Maria Ekstrand (Sweden) → Abstract-Textbook - Women’s perceptions of viewing ultrasounds before and products of conception after an abortion
Ellen Wiebe (Canada) → Abstract-Textbook
Workshop 9 Local anaesthesia in surgical abortion
Chair: André Seidenberg (Switzerland), Giovanna Scasselatti (Italy)
- How frequently is it done? Possible reasons for the huge regional differences
Anne Verougstraete (Belgium) → Abstract-Textbook - Anatomy and clinical aspects (PDF)
André Seidenberg (Switzerland) → Abstract-Textbook - Presenting a recent review (PDF)
Nathalie Ambassa (France) → Abstract-Textbook - Where can we learn to perform local anaesthesia?
Janna Westerhuis (Netherlands) - Comparison between local and general anaesthesia
Philippe Lefèbvre (France) → Abstract-Textbook
Workshop 10 The role of counselling in abortion care
Chair: Maria Frances (Netherlands), Marijke Alblas (Southafrika)
- Mandatory counselling: Germany's example
Ulla Ellerstorfer (Germany) → Abstract-Textbook - What happens when counselling is no longer obligatory? An example from France (PDF)
Sophie Eyraud (France) → Abstract-Textbook - No compulsory counselling: The advantages for women (PDF)
Margot Schaschl (Austria) → Abstract-Textbook - Counselling in 2nd trimester: What do women need?
Mariet Lecoultre (Netherlands) → Abstract-Textbook - Challenges in contraceptive counselling in abortion care
Olga Loeber (Netherlands) → Abstract-Textbook
Workshop 11 → ESC session (European Society of Contraception)
Chair: Medard Lech (Poland), Teresa Bombas (Portugal)
- Challenges in post-abortion contraception
Oskari Heikinheimo (Finland) → Abstract-Textbook - Is there a place for observing fertile periods?
Ellen Wiebe (Canada) → Abstract-Textbook - Long acting contraception
Julia Bartley (Germany) - Hopes for new male contraception: Are they realistic?
Eberhard Nieschlag (Germany) → Abstract-Textbook - Future contraceptive methods: What to look forward to?
Regine Sitruk-Ware (US) → Abstract-Textbook
Workshop 12 Free communications
Chair: Kevin Sunde Oppegaard (Norway), Sam Rowlands (UK)
- Choosing induced abortion: an existential event?
Maria Liljas Stålhandske (Sweden) → Abstract-Textbook - Perception of pain during misoprostol-induced medical abortion (PDF)
Satu Suhonen (Finland) → Abstract-Textbook - Ibuprofen and paracetamol for pain relief during medical abortion
Seidman D.S. (Israel) → Abstract-Textbook - IUD after medical abortion: Should it remain underused? (PDF)
Pascale Roblin (France) → Abstract-Textbook - Outpatient use of mifepristone and misoprostol before and after 8 weeks gestation (PDF)
Marisa Moreira (Portugal) → Abstract-Textbook - Effectiveness of intracardiac potassium chloride for feticide prior to termination of pregnancy between 20 and 24 weeks
Emeka Oloto (UK) → Abstract-Textbook
Plenary Session 5: First trimester abortion
Chair: Kristina Gemzell (Sweden), Michel Tournaire (France)
- New developments in medical abortion care at 9-13 weeks
Alan Templeton (UK) → Abstract-Textbook - Cervical priming prior to surgical abortion
Helena von Hertzen (WHO) → Abstract-Textbook - Where should medical abortions take place?
Elisabeth Aubény (France) → Abstract-Textbook - Abortion care over the Internet: New options for women (PDF)
Gunilla Kleiverda (Netherlands) → Abstract-Textbook
Final Plenary Session
Chair: Christiane Tennhardt (Germany), Ana Campos (Portugal)
- Why do we need new contraceptives?
Regine Sitruk-Ware (US) → Abstract-Textbook - Why safe abortion and contraception is a necessity for society
Marcel Vekemans (IPPF) → Abstract-Textbook - Closing remarks: How to move forward
Christian Fiala (Österreich) → Abstract-Textbook - Introducing the new President of FIAPAC
→ Mirella Paracini
