An update on issues relating to abortion,
produced for bpas
 
  5 August 2008

India: Law faces test case

A court in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) has rejected a couple’s plea to abort their 25-week fetus. 

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  5 August 2008

Review Northern Ireland law, says UN Committee

The UN Committee on the Elimination for Discrimination Against Women has repeated its call for a review of NI’s abortion law through public consultation. 

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Editor's choice
12 June 2008

Fetal pain and the politicisation of science

Attempting to resolve the question of abortion through debates about fetal pain is damaging for both science and politics, argues Dr Stuart Derbyshire.

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22 May 2008

Abortion in Britain: the debate must go on

Ann Furedi, chief executive of BPAS, welcomes British MPs’ defence of the 24-week time limit, but says much more can be done to free up and streamline abortion services. 

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  25 July 2008

Catholics ignore contraceptive ban, survey finds

The Vatican teaching that prohibits the use of contraceptives is ignored by nearly all practising Catholics, according to The Tablet.

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23 July 2008

Extend Abortion Act to Northern Ireland, say MPs

MPs have tabled an amendment to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill to give women in Northern Ireland the same abortion rights as in Britain.

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  18 July 2008

Nurse cautioned for misoprostol error

A nurse who gave a medical abortion to a patient who had come for a consultation has been cautioned.

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11 July 2008

Parliamentary debate on abortion law put back until Autumn

The third reading of the controversial Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill has been delayed for three months.

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  11 July 2008

Abortion restrictions turn women to the Web

Some women in countries where abortion is restricted are using the internet to buy medication enabling them to abort a pregnancy at home, the BBC reports. 

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