An update on issues relating to abortion,
produced for bpas
 
Abortion laws
 
 
24 November 2011

EU: Terminations of pregnancy in the European Union

The authors of this study concluded that the large variation of termination of pregnancy rates between EU member states suggests that rates may be reduced in some countries without restricting women’s access to termination. From BJOG.

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  14 November 2011

USA: ‘Personhood’ amendment fails in Mississippi

A constitutional amendment that would have defined a fertilized egg as a person failed on the ballot in Mississippi on 8 November, the Washington Post reports.

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  3 November 2011

Northern Ireland: 150-year-old law still lacks clarification

A thought-provoking article in the Belfast Telegraph reviews the consequences of the ‘messy’ abortion law for what we know about the extent of abortion in Northern Ireland. 

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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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  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

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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  20 September 2011

USA: Fetal pain, abortion, viability, and the Constitution

The authors offer a substantive biological, ethical, and legal critique of the new fetal pain rationale. From the Journal of Law and Medical Ethics

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