An update on issues relating to abortion,
produced for bpas
 
Early medical abortion
 
  10 January 2012

Commentary: Is abortion and contraception policy meeting women’s needs?

By Jennie Bristow, Editor, Abortion Review.

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  8 December 2011

UK: A Request for Abortion

The New England Journal of Medicine carries a useful comparison of medical and surgical methods of abortion under 9 weeks’ gestation.

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22 November 2011

UK: Medical abortion and the ‘golden rule’ of statutory interpretation

This article reviews the case of BPAS v the Secretary of State for Health [2011] EWHC 235. From Medical Law Review.

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  13 November 2011

World Health Organization: Medical methods for first trimester abortion

The study set out to compare different medical methods for first trimester abortion. From Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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12 November 2011

UK: The role of ambulation during medical termination of pregnancy

This was a prospective patient-preference study carried out among 130 women with pregnancies up to 63 days of gestation fulfilling the requirements of the 1967 Abortion Act and undergoing medical termination of pregnancy. From Contraception

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  10 November 2011

USA: Abortion follow-up with serum human chorionic gonadotropin testing and in-office assessment

The study was conducted to compare lost to follow-up (LTFU) rates in women having a medical abortion who chose follow-up by in-office ultrasound assessment or serum beta human chorionic gonadotropin (β-hCG) testing. From Contraception

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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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