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

Testing in the First Trimester - Providing women-centred care

Report on the conference organised by Antenatal Results and Choices in London on 19 September 2011.

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  4 October 2011

Clinical Update: Termination of Pregnancy for Fetal Anomaly

By Jane Fisher, Director of Antenatal Results and Choices (ARC).

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  4 October 2011

USA: Woman’s Right to Know Act challenged on grounds of free speech and privacy

The American Civil Liberties Union and four other groups sued to challenge a new North Carolina law requiring abortion providers to display and describe ultrasound images of a fetus, the Los Angeles Times reports.

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  3 October 2011

Sweden: Comprehensive counselling about combined hormonal contraceptives

This was a cross-sectional multicentre study, set in seventy Swedish family planning clinics, which aimed to study the influence of counselling on women’s contraceptive decisions. From Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica.

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3 October 2011

Event: What does it mean to be pro-choice today?

Report on a lively public discussion organised by the Voice for Choice coalition in London. 

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  3 October 2011

USA: Alternatives to ultrasound for follow-up after medication abortion: a systematic review

The authors concluded that alternatives to routine in-person follow-up visits after medication abortion are accurate at diagnosing ongoing pregnancy. From Contraception.

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  3 October 2011

European ruling may ban women from knowing the sex of their fetus

The Sunday Telegraph reports on a draft resolution to be considered by the Council of Europe in October. 

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