Tag Archive for: abortion

Abortion counselling gets BMA backing
This week has seen some important voting on abortion and assisted dying when the British Medical Association…

Why does it now take stories like this to prick our consciences on abortion?
Few people in Britain now raise an eyebrow over the issue of abortion and I was struck by two casual…

How many women really died from abortions prior to the Abortion Act?
A common argument from the pro-choice lobby is that legalising abortion in 1968 saved thousands of women…

Abortion: ‘A caring service’
A BBC 5 radio programme has broadcast live from an abortion clinic, describing what happens to women…

Educating women is the key to lowering maternal mortality
The fifth Millennium Development Goal (MDG) put forward by the United Nations (MDG-5) proposes to reduce…

Abortion to save the life of the mother – how common is it?
Abortion to save the life of the mother makes up a miniscule fraction of the 200,000 abortions carried…

Eugenics close to becoming a ‘human right’ in Europe
A pending case (Kruzmane vs. Latvia) before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) could have profound…

BBC and Guardian leap to defence of abortion industry
The abortion industry has been under a lot of pressure in recent weeks – first with revelations about…

Health Minister misleads public over foetal pain
The inimitable Cranmer has drawn attention to a letter from Health Minister Ann Milton which uncritically…

The real reason why so few doctors are willing to do late abortions
The Guardian newspaper, as a symptom of its rising anxiety about a change of public opinion about abortion,…