An update on issues relating to abortion,
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Attitudes and beliefs
 
  10 November 2011

USA: Perceptions of family planning and abortion education

The purpose of this study was to assess medical students’ satisfaction with family planning education at a faith-based medical school. From Contraception.

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  7 November 2011

Denmark: Attitudes towards abortion among trainees in obstetrics/gynecology and clinical genetics

This study aimed to provide knowledge about attitudes towards abortion among Danish physicians in training in the specialties of obstetrics/gynecology and clinical genetics. From Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 

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  3 November 2011

USA: Catholics for Choice submits testimony to Congress

CfC President Jon O’Brien testified that refusal clauses within the new health law threaten ‘the conscience rights of every patient seeking family planning and of every provider who wishes to provide comprehensive care to their patients’. 

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  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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  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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  9 September 2011

Canada: Making a case for abortion curriculum reform

The authors note that recent evidence suggests that medical schools offer insufficient training to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to counsel patients about abortion and to become abortion providers. From the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada. 

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  5 September 2011

UK: Poll shows backing for a woman’s right to choose abortion free from political interference

Fewer than a fifth (17%) of people believe the government has a responsibility to reduce the number of abortions, with 70% believing a woman should have the right to choose free of government interference, an IpsosMORI poll commissioned by BPAS has found.

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