An update on issues relating to abortion,
produced for bpas
 
Comment and opinion
 
 
10 August 2010

‘Choosing Tomorrow’s Children’

John Gillott reviews Stephen Wilkinson’s new book on the ethics of selective reproduction. 

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19 July 2010

Motherhood, abortion and parenting culture

At a recent conference, academics from the UK and USA came together to discuss new challenges to women’s autonomy. Jennie Bristow reports.

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  17 July 2010

‘Always glad to receive it’

Results of the Abortion Review Readers’ Survey 2010. 

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7 July 2010

The science of ‘fetal pain’, and the ethics of abortion

Commentary by Stuart Derbyshire, a member of the Working Party that produced the RCOG’s new reports on fetal awareness. 

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6 July 2010

‘Enhancing the lives of children: How far should we go?’

A conference at the Royal Society of Medicine raised some interesting and important questions about how today’s society should view the role of genetic, chemical and behavioural techniques in shaping children’s health and behaviour. Jennie Bristow reports.

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  1 July 2010

Commentary: Women shouldn’t apologise for having abortions

Writing in the New Statesman, Laurie Penny argues that it’s time to build an ideological case for abortion on demand.

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  28 June 2010

Why do people get pregnant (when they don’t want to be)?

The 2010 BPAS annual lecture was given by Kristin Luker, the foremost American sociologist researching contraceptive use and risk taking around unplanned pregnancy in the USA.

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