A Constructivist Vision of the First-Trimester Abortion Experience

19 June 2020

In an article published online today in Health and Human Rights Journal, the authors critically assess the evidence about how a high-quality abortion experience might be achieved in the first trimester in a world without the existing regulatory constraints, and highlight the broader environment and framework of state obligations necessary to underpin the lived experience of abortion.

Rowlands S, Wale J. A constructivist vision of the first-trimester abortion experience. Health and Human Rights Journal 2020: published online 19 June 2020
https://www.hhrjournal.org/2020/06/a-constructivist-vision-of-the-first-trimester-abortion-experience/

Note on the authors: Sam Rowlands is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health at Bournemouth University (and is BSACP Secretary/Founding Member) and Jeffrey Wale is a Senior Lecturer in Law in the Department of Humanities and Law at Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK.