An update on issues relating to abortion,
produced for bpas
 
Monthly archive: April 2010
 
  24 April 2010

WHO publishes new Emergency Contraception safety factsheet

The World Health Organisation’s factsheet comes in response to in response to media coverage in 2009. 

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23 April 2010

UK: No increase in premature baby survival rate

Babies born before 24 weeks are spending longer periods in intensive care but their overall survival rates have not improved, a study has found.

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23 April 2010

WHO: Cervical preparation for first trimester surgical abortion

This review set out to determine whether cervical preparation is necessary in the first trimester, and if so, which preparatory agent is preferred. From Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

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  23 April 2010

UK: Claims about survival of low birth weight babies made to call for lower abortion time limit

The number of babies born weighing only 2lbs has more than doubled in just two years, the Daily Mail reports.

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  22 April 2010

‘Will Christians swing the 2010 UK election?’

An article by Justin Parkinson on BBC News Online asks whether political candidates may be more likely to discuss their religious beliefs than is usually the case in British elections. 

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  22 April 2010

Mexico: Child’s pregnancy fuels abortion row

A pregnant 10-year-old, allegedly raped by her stepfather, has become the latest lightning rod in the country’s heated abortion debate.

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  21 April 2010

India: Doctor arrested over ‘dumped fetuses’

Police in the western Indian state of Gujarat have arrested a doctor after 14 human fetuses were found in rubbish, BBC News Online reports.

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