An update on issues relating to abortion,
produced for bpas
 
Monthly archive: August 2007
 
  29 August 2007

Voice for Choice calls for abortion law reform

Pro-choice campaigners plan to use the 40th anniversary of the 1967 Abortion Act to urge legal change to restrictions on abortion in Britain.

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  28 August 2007

Welsh Assembly lauches consultation on sexual health services

New guidelines have been drawn up to improve women’s access to abortion.

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21 August 2007

Lawyers playing Doctor

The US Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act is a blow for women’s autonomy and clinical judgement, writes Stuart Derbyshire.

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  21 August 2007

UN publishes world abortion information

World Abortion Policies 2007 provides up-to-date information on the legal status of induced abortion for the 195 Member and non-Member States of the United Nations. 

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  20 August 2007

USA: Medical abortion and subsequent pregnancy outcomes

A study in the New England Journal of Medicine finds no evidence that a previous medical abortion, as compared with a previous surgical abortion, increases the risk of spontaneous abortion, ectopic pregnancy, preterm birth, or low birth weight. 

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  20 August 2007

Australia: Changes proposed to abortion law

The Premier of the state of Victoria, the honourable John Brumby, has moved to decriminalise abortion. 

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  18 August 2007

Concerns raised over E-care records

Some doctors argue that more proof is needed that electronic personal health records are safe and effective.

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