An update on issues relating to abortion,
produced for bpas
 
Monthly archive: January 2010
 
  27 January 2010

Thinking ethically about emergency contraception

An excellent article in the Journal of the Catholic Health Association of the United States by Ron Hamel, PhD, examines the controversy over the use of emergency contraception in Catholic hospitals for victims of sexual assault.

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  27 January 2010

USA: New rise in teenage pregnancy rate

After more than a decade of declining teenage pregnancy, the rate among girls ages 15 to 19 increased 3 percent from 2005 to 2006, the Guttmacher Institute has found.

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  26 January 2010

Abortion and mental health: Evaluating the evidence

An article in American Psychologist evaluates empirical research addressing the relationship between induced abortion and women’s mental health. 

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  25 January 2010

‘The last abortionist’

John H Richardson meets Warren Hern, provider of late abortions in the USA.

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  20 January 2010

USA: Contraceptive considerations in obese women, SFP Guideline 20091

From Contraception. 

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  16 January 2010

USA: Renowned clinical psychologist dies

Henry P. David, whose research on the psychological effects of abortion was hugely influential, died on 31 December 2009 at the age of 86. 

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  16 January 2010

USA: Healthcare reformers battle over abortion

Opponents and supporters of abortion rights agree on something, writes Tom Kisken in the Ventura County Star. Both sides say they could have predicted that federal funding of abortion would emerge as a dividing line in the fight for healthcare reform.

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