An update on issues relating to abortion,
produced for bpas
 
Monthly archive: August 2006
 
  4 August 2006

USA: Attitudes and policy surrounding PGD

This paper, published in the journal Fertility and Sterility, summarises the regulatory framework surrounding preimplantation genetic diagnosis in the USA and examines popular opinion about the procedure. 

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  4 August 2006

‘Unacceptable’ waiting times for abortion in Scotland

Women are being exposed to greater health risks, pain and distress because of waits of more than five weeks for an abortion, claims an article in Scotland on Sunday.

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  4 August 2006

Contraception and the realities of life

In a feature on ‘slut counselling’ in the Times (London), Ann Furedi, chief executive of bpas, examines why young women have unprotected sex. 

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  3 August 2006

Safe sex on vacation?

Most young Britons say they will not have unprotected sex on holiday - but only half will pack any condoms, a poll commissioned by Trojan reveals.

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  3 August 2006

China: New concerns over selective abortion

China will punish health workers who help to abort female fetuses, despite a recent decision not to criminalise the practice, an official has said. 

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