An update on issues relating to abortion,
produced for bpas
 
Monthly archive: August 2010
 
  21 August 2010

AR update, 21 August 2010

Judge condemns forced contraception plan; GPs to gain commissioning powers; Next-generation emergency contraceptive pill gains FDA approval, and more ...

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21 August 2010

UK: Judge condemns forced contraception plan

A council’s plan to force contraception upon a woman with a low IQ was ‘essentially a horrendous prospect’ that has ‘shades of social engineering’, a judge has said.

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  20 August 2010

UK: Study leads to claims about alcohol and abortion

An article in the Daily Mail claims that ‘the devastating effects of excess alcohol on young women have been spelled out by a major study’, finding that ‘binge drinking “ladettes” are 40 per cent likelier to have an abortion’.

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  20 August 2010

USA: Anti-abortion campaigners turn on student insurance

A battle has broken out over abortion coverage in student insurance plans at the University of North Carolina. 

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  18 August 2010

USA: Retained viable single intrauterine pregnancy after vacuum aspiration for a twin gestation

The authors report a case of a retained single intrauterine pregnancy after an elective vacuum aspiration of a dichorionic-diamniotic twin gestation. From Obstetrics and Gynecology.

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14 August 2010

USA: ‘Ella’ emergency contraceptive pill wins FDA approval

A next-generation emergency contraceptive pill that can prevent unwanted pregnancy up to five days after unprotected sex has gained final approval from the Food and Drug Administration, the Money Times reports.

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  14 August 2010

UK: Major pharmacy plans to sell emergency contraception online

Boots has launched a website enabling customers to purchase certain treatments online without the need of a prescription, the Daily Mail reports. 

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