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8 December 2008
Netherlands: Woman will not be prosecuted for travelling for late abortionProsecutors have said that they will not press charges against a Dutch woman who had an abortion in Spain at 28 weeks’ gestation. Read on... |
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8 December 2008
Vatican’s ‘obscurantism’ provokes criticism from disability groupsThe Holy See has refused to sign a UN document on the rights of the disabled because it did not condemn abortion, reports The Times (London). Read on... |
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5 December 2008
India: Teenage pregnancy - causes and concernsThis article, published in the Journal of the Indian Medical Association, notes that ‘adolescent pregnancy is alarmingly common in India’, and that ‘these young girls face considerable health risks due to higher maternal and perinatal mortality’. Read on... |
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5 December 2008
Comment: A depressingly narrow debateThe ‘yes it does / no it doesn’t’ reaction to claims that abortion damages mental health distracts from the more useful and difficult questions about women’s experience. By Jennie Bristow. Read on... |
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2 December 2008
New claims about abortion and mental illnessNew research published in the British Journal of Psychiatry from two studies in New Zealand and Australia has been reported in the UK press as evidence of a link between abortion and mental illness. In fact, the studies make more limited claims. Read on... |
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2 December 2008
USA: Proposed conscience rule sparks sharp debateThe Bush administration plans a new ‘right of conscience’ rule that would allow more workers to refuse more procedures, the Los Angeles Times reports. Read on... |
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1 December 2008
USA: Access to ECP has improved, says studyWomen have easier and quicker access to the emergency contraceptive pill since the Food and Drug Administration ruled that the medication could be sold to adults without a prescription, a survey of pharmacies in three large US cities shows. Read on... |
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