An update on issues relating to abortion,
produced for bpas
 
Monthly archive: October 2011
 
  24 October 2011

Coarse sex and cheap lives

Commentary by Clare Murphy, head of public policy at BPAS, in the Independent.

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  20 October 2011

Event: Best Medical Practice with Mifepristone: UK and international perspectives

Jennie Bristow reports from a conference held at St Thomas’s hospital, London, on 14 October. 

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  20 October 2011

UK: Interview with Louise Mensch

The anti-abortion MP talks to Catherine Lafferty of the Catholic Herald.

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  19 October 2011

UK: Repeat abortion among women in Britain

This study compares the characteristics of women who have presented for a second or subsequent abortion to those of women who have obtained only one. From Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care.

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  18 October 2011

UK: Can we identify women at risk of pregnancy despite using emergency contraception?

Data from a meta-analysis of two randomised controlled trials comparing the efficacy of ulipristal acetate (UPA) with levonorgestrel were analysed to identify factors associated with EC failure. From Contraception

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13 October 2011

UK: Tributes to a pioneer of abortion law reform

Reflections on the life and work of Madeleine Simms, 6 September 1930 - 3 October 2011.

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  10 October 2011

UK: World population nearing seven billion

The Times (London) carries an interesting set of articles on the ‘overpopulation’ question.

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