An update on issues relating to abortion,
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Monthly archive: October 2008
 
  12 October 2008

Non-invasive tests for Down’s Syndrome

A new blood test could tell a pregnant woman if her unborn child has Down’s syndrome, scientists say.

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11 October 2008

Australia: Abortion decriminalised in Victoria

After hours of debate, speeches, and arguments, abortion was decriminalised by the Victorian parliament on Friday, 10 October.

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  10 October 2008

Australia: Victoria votes to decriminalise abortion

The legislation was passed 23-17 in the Legislative Council this morning. 

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  10 October 2008

Are more young women seeking sterilisation?

The Daily Mail and the women’s magazine Love It have both covered stories on young women making the decision, in their 20s and early 30s, not to have children, and seeking sterilisations. 

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  10 October 2008

Abortion law amendment proposes mandatory counselling

MPs Angela Watkinson, Ann Widdecombe and others have tabled an amendment to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, proposing that women seeking abortion are given ‘a suitable opportunity to receive counselling’, and ‘a description of … the potential post-termination physical, psychological and psychiatric risks associated with the termination of pregnancy’. 

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  9 October 2008

Cardinal in row over abortion referrals at Catholic hospital

The head of the Roman Catholic church in England has been accused of betraying the religious character of a hospital by allowing its rules on abortion to be watered down. 

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8 October 2008

Is a lower abortion rate better?

Access to contraception doesn’t bring the abortion rate down. Restricting access to abortion services does. Jennie Bristow, editor of Abortion Review, looks at some of the implications of the USA’s declining abortion rate. 

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