Abstractbook for download
The Conference took place in the → Virchow-Langenbeck-Haus, in Berlin (Mitte).
We thank everybody who helped and all attendees.
Supported by:
→ Familienplanungszentrum Berlin - BALANCE
→ Pro Familia Bundesverband
→ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe
→ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychosomatik in Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe
→ Berliner Hebammenverband
Scientific Board:
Elisabeth Aubény (France), Christian Fiala (Austria), Kristina Gemzell (Sweden), Mirella Parachini (Italy), Sam Rowlands (United Kingdom), Anne Verougstraete (Belgium)
Local organising committee:
Ulrike Busch, Christian Fiala, Gabriele Halder, Blanka Kothe, Sybill Schulz, Christiane Tennhardt
FIAPAC organising committee:
FIAPAC Kongressorganisation, Vienna, Austria
Email: fiapac@aon.at
supported by → Gynmed Ambulatorium, Austria
Sponsors
Golden Sponsors:
→ Exelgyn, France
→ Bayer Schering Pharma, Germany
Silver Sponsors:
→ Contragest, Germany
→ Ipas, US
→ Kessel-Marketing, Germany
The following companies are also represented with a booth:
→ Beahuis & Bloemenhovekliniek, Netherlands
→ CASA Kliniken, Netherlands
→ Eisenhut, Netherlands
Friday, 24 October 2008
- President's welcome
Christian Fiala (Österreich) - Welcome adress
Dr. Benjamin-Immanuel Hoff, Permanent Secretary, Senate Department for Health, the Environment and Consumer Protection of the Berlin county - Parliamentarians' responsibility for reproductive health
→ Christine McCAFFERTY, Member of Parliament, United Kingdom
Plenary Session 1: Society’s Responsibilities for Reproductive Health
Chair: Mirella. Parachini (Italy), Sybill Schulz (Germany)
- Access to safe legal abortion in developing countries (PDF)
Monica Roa (Columbia) - Society’s responsibility to provide safe abortion care (PDF)
Ann Furedi (UK) → Abstract-Textbook - Society’s responsibility to provide a legal setting (PDF)
Christian Fiala (Austria) → Abstract-Textbook - What happens if society opts out?
Vicki Saporta, (USA) → Abstract-Textbook
Plenary Session 2: Benefits and risks of abortion
Chair: Elisabeth Aubény (France), André Seidenberg (Switzerland)
- Physiological and reproductive outcomes (PDF)
Michel Tournaire (France) → Abstract-Textbook - Outcomes for women based on psychological background (PDF)
Sharon Cameron (Scotland) → Abstract-Textbook - Consequences of unwanted childbirth: Outcomes for women and unwanted children (PDF)
Catherine Bonnet (France) → Abstract-Textbook - Psychological impacts on men (PDF)
Ann Lalos (Sweden) → Abstract-Textbook
Workshop 1 Induced abortion
Chair: Gabriele Halder (Germany), John Spencer (UK)
- Experiences of health care professionals (PDF1 or PDF2)
André Seidenberg (Switzerland) → Abstract-Textbook - Needs of health care professionals (PDF)
Marijke Alblas (Southafrika) - Should gynaecologists be obliged to perform abortions? (PDF)
Marc Bygdeman (Sweden) → Abstract-Textbook - Risk management in abortion care (PDF)
Sam Rowlands (Großbritannien) → Abstract-Textbook
Workshop 2 Immigrant women
Chair: Olga Loeber (Netherlands), Giovanna Scasselatti (Italy)
- Immigrant women and contraception: Meeting the challenges
Cornelia Helfferich (Germany) → Abstract-Textbook - Problems in abortion care for immigrants in Spain
Marta Okelly (Spain) - An area-based study in central Italy (PDF)
Sara Farchi (Italy) - Abortion in women after female genital mutilation (FGM)
Sabine Müller (Germany) → Abstract-Textbook
Workshop 3 How to change restrictive laws
Chair: Maria Frances (Netherlands), Joyce Arthur (Canada)
- Different strategies to legalize abortion: Successes and lessons from:
Portugal: Duarte Vilar (PDF) → Abstract-Textbook
Mexico: Luisa Sanchez Fuentes (PDF) → Abstract-Textbook
Columbia: Monica Roa → Abstract-Textbook
Switzerland: Anne-Marie Rey (PDF) → Abstract-Textbook - Do we need a law at all? Experiences from Canada
Joyce Arthur → Abstract-Textbook
Arbeitskreis 4 Emergency contraception
Chair: Elisabeth Aubény (France), Silvio Viale (Italy)
- Methods – What’s new? (PDF)
Linan Cheng (China) → Abstract-Textbook - Mode of action: No evidence for effect post-fertilization
Kristina Gemzell (Sweden) → Abstract-Textbook - Is there a reduction in abortion rates (PDF)
Sharon Cameron (Scotland) → Abstract-Textbook - Experiences with over-the-counter access (PDF)
Ulla Ollendorff (Norway) - Experiences with prescription-only access (PDF)
Ines Thonke (Germany) → Abstract-Textbook
Plenary Session 3: Second trimester abortion
Chair: Marc Bygdeman (Sweden), Blanka Kothe (Germany)
- Medical methods: Advantages and disadvantages
Kristina Gemzell (Sweden) → Abstract-Textbook - Surgical methods: Advantages and disadvantages (PDF)
Josep Carbonell (Spain) - Overview of current laws in Europe (PDF)
Hans-Georg Koch (Germany) - Consequences of the laws for women and political challenges in Europe (PDF)
Marge Berer (UK) → Abstract-Textbook
FIAPAC General Assembly
Galadinner in the Red Town Hall→ 'Rotes Rathaus'
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
Sunday, 26 October 2008
Postconference Satellite Symposium
(German & French Sessions)
A meeting in German and another meeting in French (both without translation) followed the regular FIAPAC-conference in Berlin
German Session: Medical Abortion /
Deutschsprachige Sitzung: Medikamentöser Schwangerschaftsabbruch
Medikamentöser Abbruch im 1. Trimenon / 1st trimester medical abortion
Vorsitz: Ulrike Busch (Deutschland)
- Grundlagen des medikamentösen Abbruchs mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der 7. - 9. Woche (PDF)
Johannes Bitzer (Schweiz) - Med. Abbruch in Praxen und Kliniken (PDF)
Gabriele Halder (Deutschland) - Cytotec-Einnahme zuhause? (PDF)
Christiane Tennhardt (Deutschland) - Die Nachuntersuchung: Was sollte beachtet werden? Wie geht man mit Komplikationen um?
Christian Fiala (Österreich)
Medikamentöser Abbruch im 2. Trimenon / 2nd trimester medical abortion
Vorsitz: Johannes Bitzer (Schweiz)
- Rechtliche Situation
Jette Brünig (Deutschland) - Psychosoziale Beratung – „Berliner Modell“
Jette Brünig (Deutschland) - Therapieschema und Abläufe in der Klinik
Blanka Kothé (Deutschland)
French Session: Excerpts of evidence about first trimester abortion /
Matinée francophone : partage des expériences sur l’avortement du premier trimestre
Questions sur l'IVG médicamenteuse / Medical Abortion
Modérateur: E. Aubény (France)
- Complications de l’IVG médicamenteuse à la maison
Sophie Gaudu (France) - Quel contôle pour l’IVG médicamenteuse ? ß-hCG ou échographie ?
Philippe Lefebvre (France) et Christian Fiala (Autriche) - Que faire en cas d’absence de visite de contrôle?
Selma Hajri (Tunesie)
Questions sur l''avortement chirurgicale / Surgical Abortion
Modérateur: M. Parachini (Italie)
- Quelle anaesthésie: locale, générale ? et dans quels locaux ? (PDF)
A. Verougstraete (Belgique) - La dilatation du col:
- systématique ou pas ? (PDF)
Carbonell (Espagne) - quel médicament ? (PDF)
Ana Campos (Portugal)
- systématique ou pas ? (PDF)
Posters, Exhibitions and Museum
at the FIAPAC-Conference Berlin 2008
Posters:
- Monitoring the reproductive health
Marcela Bulcu (Italy) - Reproductive health women rights in Tunisia
R. Ben Aissa et al. (Tunisia) - And after the Referendum?
Matilde Salta, Mara Carvalho, Vasco Freire (Portugal) - Clínica El Sur, a Socially Responsible Company
C. Rubio et al. (Spain) - Detection of violence against women via screening at the occasion of request for pregnancy termination
C. D. Liengme et al. (Switzerland) - Long-acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) Can Decrease Unintended Pregnancy and Repeat Abortion
J. Joseph Speidel (United States) - Medical students as peer educators in sexual health
Raha Shojai et al. (France) - Medicated IUD after induced abortion
Giovanna Scassellati (Italy) - Levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system – an alternative for therapeutic amenorrhea and contraception in disabled women
Satu Suhonen (Finland) - Emergency contraceptive use among 5677 abortion seeking women in Shanghai
Chun-Xia Meng et al. (China/Sweden) - Contraception in Immigrant Women in the Family Counselling Center
Lucia Tossichetti et al. (Italy) - Deciding on Abortion. The Female Teenager’s Dilemma of having Contraceptive Responsibility, but Limited Freedom of Reproductive Choice
Maria Ekstrand et al. (Sweden) - Abortion in Portuguese Health Primary Care
Cunha José Manuel et al. (Portugal) - Coresponsibility and equity fairness in abortion services oriented to vulnerable groups of women
Elvira Méndez (Spain) - Sociologic Aspects of Legalized Abortion in Portugal. 1 Year Experience
Renato Martins et al. (Portugal) - Abortion request during adolescence and management of confidentiality. A challenging issue
D. Wyss et al. (Switzerland) - Abortion among minors. A French perspective
A. Durrieux ete al. (France) - Termination of pregnancy among under 21
Gaël Lévéder (Spain) - The experience of the settling of a new abortion center in the French speaking part of Belgium
Cécile Artus (Belgium) - Medical abortion in France. The benefits of a complex procedure
P. Roblin et al. (France) - A pilot study on women’s experiences with misoprostol at home or in the hospital in medical abortion up to 63 days of pregnancy
Monica Johansson et al. (Sweden) - Medical abortion at home
Monica Johansson et al. (Sweden) - Home abortion. Experiences of women and their partners
Marianne Wulff et al. (Sweden) - Womens experience of home-abortion
R. Hjertberg et al. (Sweden) - Abortions at home in Gothenburg
Monika Axelsson et al. (Sweden) - Management of first trimester termination of pregnancy as an out-patient in Paisley – is it feasible, is it acceptable and is it worthwhile?
Rosemary Cochrane (Great Britain) - Medical abortion efficacy at 8 and 9 weeks
Ana Rita Pinto et al. (Portugal) - High failure rates of medical termination of pregnancy after the introduction to a large teaching hospital
D. Vitner et al. (Israel) - The effectiveness of ultrasound and s-βhCG measurement in predicting failure after medical abortion
Raquel Maciel (Portugal) - Paracervical block versus intracervical injection for pain management during first-trimester surgical abortion under local anaesthesia
N. Ambassa et al. (France) - Local Anaesthesia compared to General Anaesthesia
Giovanna Scassellati (Italy) - Status of reproductive health of women after surgical abortion
O. Revenko et al. (Ukraine) - Misoprostol-only compared with solution of NaCl 20% for induction of second trimester abortion
A. Manaj, A. Musta (Albania) - The psycho-social aspect of the second trimester abortion with teenagers
Milica Berisavac et al. (Serbia)
2 Art Exhibitions during the FIAPAC-Conference in Berlin:
→ Flags against Sexual Violence
Many people have written or painted a message on flags, which are attached to the ceiling. This gives a very impressive message.
→ Photographien "Das Tor ins Leben"
Grit Scholz, a woman photographer from Berlin, has taken very sensitive pictures of the vulva of many different women, together with flowers or landscapes with similar shapes. They provide a fascinating artistic complement to a scientific conference.
Führung durch das medizinhistorische Museum:
→ Berliner Medizinhistorische Museum
A one hour guided tour
