An update on issues relating to abortion,
produced for bpas
 
Monthly archive: June 2009
 
  30 June 2009

USA: The effects of personal and school religiosity on the decision to abort a premarital pregnancy

This study looks at whether individual and school religiosity influence reported abortion behaviour among women who become pregnant while unmarried. From the Journal of Health and Social Behaviour.

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  29 June 2009

USA: Cost-effectiveness of alternative first-trimester abortion strategies in Mexico City

This study set out to assess the comparative health and economic outcomes associated with three alternative first-trimester abortion techniques in Mexico City and to examine the policy implications of increasing access to safe abortion modalities within a restrictive setting. From the BJOG.

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  19 June 2009

UK: Boots the chemist to sell Viagra over the counter

BPAS responds: Good news, but what about the contraceptive Pill?

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19 June 2009

Autonomy and the UK’s law on abortion

Summary of a chapter by Laura Riley and Ann Furedi in the new book Regulating Autonomy: Sex, Reproduction and Family, published by Hart.

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  18 June 2009

USA: ‘Fetal anomaly’ pregnancy blog is revealed as a hoax

Anti-abortion groups are calling for the return of money donated to a blogger claiming to be continuing with a pregnancy despite knowing that her baby would not survive.

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  18 June 2009

UK: An account of a consultation in abortion care

This article presents a reflective account of a consultation in a pre-assessment clinic for women requesting abortion. From the Nursing Standard.

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  18 June 2009

Scottish government urges Scots to talk to their partners about sex

A new website urges 20-40 year-olds to ‘ditch their inhibitions’, as part of a Scottish government campaign aimed at avoiding unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections.

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