An update on issues relating to abortion,
produced for bpas
 
Monthly archive: June 2008
 
 
12 June 2008

Q&A: Late abortion

BPAS’ Medical Director Patricia Lohr examines developments and discussions in abortion provision. 

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  12 June 2008

New Zealand: Judge rules that abortion law is too liberal

In a review of the workings of the Abortion Supervisory Committee, initiated by Right To Life New Zealand, Justice Forrest Miller said there was a reason to doubt the lawfulness of many abortions.

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  12 June 2008

Northern Ireland: Claims made about abortion ‘bribe’

Rebel Labour MPs in London say the DUP was given a guarantee that abortion won’t be introduced in the North in return for votes on contentious new anti-terrorist powers. 

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  12 June 2008

Inquest into teenager’s death following abortion

In 2005, Manon Jones died a fortnight after having an abortion because of delays in giving her a vital blood transfusion, an inquest in Bristol has heard.

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  3 June 2008

Canada: Anti-abortion groups given no platform on campus

The student government at York University, Toronto, on 1 June voted unanimously to deny ‘resources, space, recognition or funding’ to student clubs or individuals ‘whose primary or sole purpose’ is to oppose abortion.

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2 June 2008

Stop doctoring the statistics!

Wendy Savage of Doctors for a Woman’s Choice on Abortion argues that opportunistic anti-abortionists are misrepresenting gynaecologists’ views on ‘late’ abortion. 

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  2 June 2008

Italy: Betamethasone in gynaecologic and obstetric surgery

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a single pre-anaesthetic dose of betamethasone on intraoperative and postoperative pain in women undergoing gynaecologic and obstetric surgery in a outpatient service.

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