Abortion Review Update

Thursday 15 May 2008

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NEW ON ABORTION REVIEW

- 1. CASE STUDIES SHOW WOMEN'S NEED FOR 24-WEEK LIMIT

MPs will vote on amendments to the legal gestational limit for abortion on Tuesday 20 May, as part of the discussion on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. A case-note analysis of all women requesting abortion at BPAS clinics between 22 and 24 weeks' gestation provides compelling evidence for retaining the 24-week time limit.

http://www.abortionreview.org/index.php/site/article/341/

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- 2. TWENTY-FOUR REASONS FOR 24 WEEKS

Tory MP Nadine Dorries has unveiled 20 reasons why the upper time limit for abortion should be lowered to 20 weeks' gestation. Jennie Bristow, editor of Abortion Review, gives 24 reasons why it should stay as it is.

http://www.abortionreview.org/index.php/site/article/340/

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- 3. CLAIMS ABOUT FETAL VIABILITY COULD 'MISLEAD' PARENTS, SAYS PRIMAROLO

A reduction in the legal limit for abortion from 24 weeks would give false hope to the parents of severely premature infants, the Health Minister has
told The Times (London).

http://www.abortionreview.org/index.php/site/article/339/

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- 3. NEW RESEARCH ON BABY SURVIVAL RATES STOKES ABORTION LIMIT ROW

Survival rates for babies born before 24 weeks are extremely low and getting no better in spite of medical advances, according to an authoritative study in the British Medical Journal.

http://www.abortionreview.org/index.php/site/article/338/

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- 4. DOCTORS CALL TO RETAIN LEGAL TIME LIMIT FOR ABORTION

Responding to research showing no improvement in fetal viability, the British Medical Association argues that there is 'no scientific justification' for lowering the 24-week limit.

http://www.abortionreview.org/index.php/site/article/335/

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- 5. NEW STUDY FINDS WIDENING EMA PROVISION IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE

A consultation is to be launched over whether to relax rules on the settings where Early Medical Abortion can be carried out, ministers say.

http://www.abortionreview.org/index.php/site/article/328/

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- 6. BPAS CONFERENCE: THE FUTURE OF ABORTION

'The Future of Abortion: Controversies and Care' is a major international conference on the latest abortion and contraception policy and best practice issues, held at the QEII Conference Centre in Westminster, Central London,
25-26 June 2008.

For more information, and to book your place, please visit the conference
website:

http://www.futureofabortion.org/

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- 7. 1967 ABORTION ACT

For news relating to the British abortion law, and the progress of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, see Abortion Review's dedicated section on the 1967 Abortion Act:

http://www.abortionreview.org/index.php/site/C15/

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- 8. MEDICAL UPDATE

To see what's new in the medical press, visit Abortion Review's 'Medical Update' section:

http://www.abortionreview.org/index.php/site/C7/

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Abortion Review is a journal produced for BPAS, the leading provider of abortion services in the UK. http://www.bpas.org