An update on issues relating to abortion,
produced for bpas
 
 
1 December 2008

‘Santa only comes once a year …’

An advertisement promoting emergency contraception prescribed for free by BPAS over the Christmas period has provoked international media coverage and divided opinions. 

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  1 December 2008

USA: Abortion and long-term mental health outcomes

A systematic review of 21 studies.

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  28 November 2008

London woman refused ECP on ‘moral and religious grounds’

A musician was left feeling ‘humiliated and disgusted’ after being refused the emergency contraceptive pill by two branches of the same pharmacy. 

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26 November 2008

Comment: Down’s Syndrome, live births, and statistics

The claim that a more ‘caring’ Britain has led to an increase in births of babies with Down’s is just wrong. So why did it receive so much coverage? By Jennie Bristow.

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  25 November 2008

Shock tactics: Special report in the Guardian

Anti-abortion campaigners are being allowed into schools to present their arguments to teenagers, and are making converts. But what about the facts? Kate Hilpern reports.

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  24 November 2008

Children’s charity calls for school sexual health advice to age 18

A report from the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) has called for every 11 to 18-year-old in England to able to receive advice on contraception, pregnancy tests and screening for sexually transmitted diseases at school, and compulsory sex education. 

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20 November 2008

Abortion, Ethics, Conscience and Choice

New: The first in a series of special editions of Abortion Review, presenting papers from the BPAS conference in June 2008.

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