An update on issues relating to abortion,
produced for bpas
 
  31 August 2010

Poland: ‘Abortion tourism’ reflects restrictive law

Leading Polish activists held a civil hearing at the Polish parliament on 26 August on the rising number of Polish women who are travelling abroad to obtain access to abortion. 

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  25 August 2010

UK: Health Protection Agency warns of rise in sexually transmitted infections

There were almost half a million new cases of STIs in the UK last year, figures show.

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  25 August 2010

Wales: Teenage conception figures released

More than half of teenage conceptions in Wales end in abortion, the Western Mail reports.

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  25 August 2010

USA: Internet searches and abortion availability

A study by two Children’s Hospital doctors has found that searches on ‘abortion’ rise in areas with more conservative abortion policies or where the procedure is less available.

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  24 August 2010

UK: Fertility regulator considers donor payments

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is considering increasing compensation for egg and sperm donors.

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  21 August 2010

AR update, 21 August 2010

Judge condemns forced contraception plan; GPs to gain commissioning powers; next-generation emergency contraceptive pill gains approval from the Food and Drug Administration, and more ...

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21 August 2010

UK: Judge condemns forced contraception plan

A council’s plan to force contraception upon a woman with a low IQ was ‘essentially a horrendous prospect’ that has ‘shades of social engineering’, a judge has said.

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