An update on issues relating to abortion,
produced for bpas
 
Monthly news digest
 
  7 July 2010

AR update, 7 July 2010

Why do people get pregnant (when they don’t want to be?); the science of fetal pain and the ethics of abortion; Australian attitudes to late abortion, and more ...

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  21 June 2010

AR update, 21 June 2010

Keeping abortion decisions in context; teenagers and ‘repeat abortions’, government guidelines challenged in Northern Ireland; should women’s healthcare needs take priority over doctors’ beliefs?; and more ...

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  24 May 2010

AR update, 25 May 2010

UK abortion statistics show small decline; new guidance published on advance provision of emergency contraception; Cochrane review on cervical preparation for first trimester surgical abortion; a comparison of transabdominal and transvaginal ultrasonography in Early Medical Abortion, and more…

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  30 April 2010

AR update, 30 April 2010

Pregnancy and pregnancy planning in the new parenting culture; Tory party leader calls for review of abortion time limit; No increase in premature baby survival rate; Foreign Office apologises for ‘brainstorm’ memo; New guidance for pharmacists retains ‘conscience clause’; Mexico: child’s pregnancy fuels abortion row, and more…

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  3 March 2010

AR update, 3 March 2010

Clinical Update: vacuum aspiration under local anaesthetic; USA: Sepsis after attempted self-induced abortion; UK: Tory party under fire for teen pregnancy statistics error; Ireland: Attorney General speaks about X case.

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  29 January 2010

AR update, 29 January 2010

Women’s opinions on the home management of Early Medical Abortion in the UK; Abortion doctors: credit where it’s due; Abortion jabberwocky: the need for better terminology, and more ...

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  22 December 2009

AR update, 22 December 2009

Abortion, mental health, and the limits of science; Ireland: Illegal abortion sends the problem abroad; Irish women take abortion law to court. 

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