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

Argentina: Human Rights Watch criticises abortion provision

A report by the New York-based organisation claims that 40 percent of Argentine pregnancies end in abortion, most of which are carried out clandestinely and are the leading cause of maternal mortality.

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10 August 2010

‘Choosing Tomorrow’s Children’

John Gillott reviews Stephen Wilkinson’s new book on the ethics of selective reproduction. 

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  9 August 2010

UK: Advertising watchdog rejects abortion ad complaints

Complaints about the first UK television advertisement by an abortion advisory organisation have been rejected by the Advertising Standards Authority.

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  9 August 2010

UK: Abortion provider under fire for providing sexual health services to staff

The Mail on Sunday claims that Marie Stopes International is offering free abortions for staff as a ‘perk of the job’.

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  6 August 2010

UK: Government consultation on family planning in the developing world

The UK Government is to ‘put family planning at the heart of its approach to women’s health in the developing world’ in an attempt to reduce the persistently high number of women who die in pregnancy and childbirth, the Secretary of State for International Development has announced. 

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  2 August 2010

India: A comparison of two regimens of misoprostol for second trimester medical abortion

The objective of this study was to compare the efficacy and side-effects of two regimens of vaginal misoprostol for second trimester voluntary medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) according to the MTP Act of India. From Tropical Doctor.

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28 July 2010

USA: Immediate postabortal insertion of intrauterine devices

From the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

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