Adolescents and poor women are more likely than other women to have trouble obtaining an abortion early in pregnancy, according to a study published in the October issue of Contraception.
The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) on 21 September launched a consultation on regulations for the planned children’s information sharing index in England.
Giving women the morning-after pill makes no difference to either the pregnancy rate or the abortion rate, a family planning expert has written in the British Medical Journal.
Education For Choice provides one-day training on discussing abortion with young people, for professionals working in health, education and youth work.
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has revoked the tax exemption of Operation Rescue West, after receiving a complaint that it had violated prohibitions on electioneering by nonprofits in 2004.
Teenagers say they might stop using contraception and abortion services because they do not trust the confidentiality of the new national children’s database, claim researchers.