An update on issues relating to abortion,
produced for bpas
 
Monthly archive: April 2007
 
 
19 April 2007

Why do women have late abortions?

An important new study finds that indecision is a major factor in delay. Jennie Bristow reports. 

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18 April 2007

USA: Judges rule on ‘partial-birth abortion’

The US Supreme Court on 18 April upheld a law that bans a particular late-term abortion procedure.

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  17 April 2007

USA: Abstinence eduction does not work, claims study

A study of four abstinence education programmes has found that they do not stop young people having sex. 

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  16 April 2007

Britain facing ‘abortion crisis’

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) has warned that an unprecedented number of doctors refuse to carry out abortions. 

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  11 April 2007

Portugal: New law ratified

The President’s office has issued a statement saying that he has ratified a law allowing abortion up until the tenth week of pregnancy

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  11 April 2007

Brazil: Health minister calls for abortion debate

The newly-appointed minister, Jose Gomes Temporao, said in a newspaper interview that he wants to move the abortion issue on from religious and moral contexts to a matter of health.

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