Lord Steel, architect of the 1967 Abortion Act, and Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, writing in the Guardian and Observer respectively, raise concerns about the abortion rate.
The authors note that studies have suggested that obesity is associated with an increased risk for oral contraceptive (OC) failure. They conducted a case-cohort study in South Carolina to examine the association between body mass index (BMI) and OC failure by using population-based data sources. From Annals of Epidemiology.
Jennie Bristow, editor of Abortion Review, analyses the debate surrounding the parliamentary inquiry into ‘Scientific Developments Relating to the Abortion Act 1967’.
A Church of Ireland bishop has attacked the ‘systemic spinelessness’ of politicians in failing to enact legislation to allow for abortion following the X case, the Irish Times reports.
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