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Guernsey Abortion Laws to be 'Modernised'
24 June 2020 Abortion in Guernsey is set to be ‘modernised’, following the States approval of amending the law. The reforms to the 1997 law include extending gestational time limits and allowing one doctor to sign off an abortion. The limit will double to 24 weeks and no limits will apply... read more »
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... read more »
Northern Ireland Abortion Regulations Pass Final Westminster Vote
17 June 2020 Abortion regulations which came into effect in Northern Ireland in March 2020 have passed their final legislative hurdle in Westminster. The laws were drafted in 2019 before the restoration of devolution at Stormont. They allow for terminations in the first 12 weeks of a pregnancy and in... read more »
Abortions in England and Wales Reach Record High in 2019
11 June 2020 A record number of women in England and Wales had an abortion last year, and numbers rose particularly sharply among women aged 30 years and over. There was, however, a fall in the number of teenagers undergoing an abortion in the same period. A total of 207,384 procedures... read more »
The Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020
4 June 2020 A briefing on The Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2002 has been compiled by a group of professional medical bodies, service providers, and human rights organisations involved with establishing, advocating for, and providing abortion reform and services within Northern Ireland. Key signatories include the Royal College of Obstetricians... read more »