Social Consensus is Required for Legal Induced Abortion

Abortion in legal, social, and healthcare contexts

Worldwide, abortion is one of the commonest gynaecological procedures (Sedgh et al., 2012). The common occurrence of abortion around the globe, however, belies considerable diversity in the social, political, and ethical meanings of terminating a pregnancy, as well as the practices surrounding abortion. All of these vary from locale to locale, from one historical time to another, and among soci...

Legal Abortion?

Legal Aspects of Abortion

Take the work entitled Medical Ethics, published in 1957 under the editorship of Dr. Maurice Davidson. The chapter on abortion is contributed by Dr. F. W. Roques, and the exposition of the law by this eminent obstetric surgeon is truly astonishingDr. Roques sets out the provision in the Act of 1861 which makes the procurement of abortion a felony, and states: "It must be clearly understood that...

Public funding for abortion where broadly legal.

OBJECTIVE The objective was to investigate public funding policies for abortion in countries with liberal or liberally interpreted laws (defined as permitting abortion for economic or social reasons or upon request). STUDY DESIGN In May 2011-February 2012 and June 2013-December 2014, we researched online resources and conducted an email-based survey among reproductive health experts to determ...

Legal interpretation of the Abortion Act 1967: the role of nurses in surgical induced abortion.

©FFPRHC J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2007: 33(2) Background The review by Argent and Pavey1 in this issue of the Journal analyses the Abortion Act 1967 and subsequent case law and concludes that health professionals, not just registered medical practitioners, can legally perform surgical abortion under certain conditions. The health professionals should be suitably trained and be under the di...