An update on issues relating to abortion,
produced for bpas
 
Monthly archive: November 2008
 
  5 November 2008

UK government under pressure to change Northern Ireland abortion laws

Thirteen MPs, led by Labour’s Diane Abbott, have signed a Commons motion calling for legal abortion for women across the United Kingdom. 

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  5 November 2008

New American president a ‘strong supporter of reproductive justice’

On the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Obama stated: ‘it’s never been more important to protect a woman’s right to choose’.

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4 November 2008

Issues in ‘Contraception’, November 2008

A host of interesting articles, including: No such thing as an easy (or EC) fix; Depo-Provera and skeletal health; Assessment of Implanon™ insertion and removal; Couples counselling at an abortion clinic.

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  4 November 2008

UK: Pharmacies to offer private cervical cancer jab

Boots the chemist is offering vaccinations against strains of human papilloma virus.

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  3 November 2008

USA: TV sex leads to teen pregnancy, claims study

Adolescents who have high levels of exposure to television programmes that contain sexual content are twice as likely to be involved in a pregnancy over the following three years as their peers who watch few such shows, according to a new RAND Corporation study. 

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  3 November 2008

UK: New abortion guidance for nurses

The Royal College of Nursing has launched the updated publication for nurses, Abortion care: Guidance for nurses, midwives and specialist community public health nurses, designed to improve knowledge about abortion and abortion care, empower nurses to develop their roles in abortion care, and to protect the public. 

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  27 October 2008

Abortion becomes focus for US bishops

A quarter of America’s bishops have said that the most important issue for voters in the forthcoming presidential election is abortion, reports The Tablet.

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