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Abortion
  • March 2020

Despite our already liberal abortion law, and the 200,000 abortions carried out in Britain every year, campaigners are strongly pushing for abortion on demand across the UK.

References

References

  1. 1 Births in England and Wales:2018, ONS, 1 August 2019; Vital Events Reference Tables 2018, National Records of Scotland, June 2019, Table3.01(b); Abortion statistics 2018: data tables, ONS, June 2019, Table 13
  2. 2 Abortion statistics 2018: data tables, ONS, June 2019, Table 13
  3. 3 Abortion statistics 2018: data tables, ONS, June 2019, Table 1; Termination of Pregnancy Statistics – year ending December 2018, ISD Scotland, 28 May 2019, Table 1
  4. 4 Between 1968 (when the Abortion Act came into force) and 2018, there were 8,635,391 abortions carried out in England and Wales (Abortion Statistics, England and Wales: 2018, June 2019, Table 1) and 521,714 abortions carried out in Scotland (Abortion Statistics – Year ending 31 December 2018, ISD Scotland, May 2019, Table 6)
  5. 5 WalesOnline, 27 June 2017, seehttps://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health/tiny-edie-madoc-jones-born-13242197as at 27 January 2020; see also Nicola Madoc-Jones Instagram page, https://www.instagram.com/nicola_madocjones/?hl=en as at 27 January 2020
  6. 6 Perinatal Management of Extreme Preterm Birth before 27 weeks of gestation: A Framework for Practice, British Association of Perinatal Medicine, October 2019, Appendix 1
  7. 7 Chronicle Live, 4 November 2017, see https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/meet-north-east-miracle-babies-13856463as at 4 December 2019
  8. 8 ‘Abortion: Frequently asked questions’, BPAS, see https://www.bpas.org/abortion-care/considering-abortion/abortion-faqs/as at 4 December 2019
  9. 9 ‘General abortion questions’, Marie Stopes UK, see https://www.mariestopes.org.uk/frequently-asked-questions/as at 4 December 2019
  10. 10 Derbyshire, S W G and Bockmann, J C, ‘Reconsidering fetal pain’, Journal of Medical Ethics, January 2020, 46, pages 3-6
  11. 11 See ‘Notes’ in Derbyshire, S W G, ‘Can fetuses feel pain?’, British Medical Journal, 332(7546), pages 909-912
  12. 12 Loc cit
  13. 13 House of Commons, 14 February 2019, written question 217544
  14. 14 Hardy, G, Benjamin, A and Abenhaim, H A, ‘Effect of Induced Abortions on Early Preterm Births and Adverse Perinatal Outcomes’, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, February 2013, 35(2), pages 138-143
  15. 15 Verlinden, I, Güngör, N, Wouters, K et al, ‘Parity-induced changes in global gene expression in the human mammary gland’, European Journal of Cancer Prevention, April 2005, 14(2), pages 129-137; Russo, I H and Russo, J, ‘Pregnancy-Induced Changes in Breast Cancer Risk’, Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia, September 2011, 16(3), pages 221-233
  16. 16 Huang, Y, Zhang, X, Li, W et al, ‘A meta-analysis of the association between induced abortion and breast cancer risk among Chinese females’, Cancer Causes Control, 2014, 25, pages 227-236
  17. 17 Niinimäki, M, Pouta, A, Bloigu, A et al, 'Immediate Complications After Medical Compared With Surgical Termination of Pregnancy', Obstetrics and Gynaecology, vol. 114, No. 4, October 2009, pages 795-804
  18. 18 The Care of Women Requesting Induced Abortion: Evidence-based Clinical Guideline Number 7, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, November 2011, page 40
  19. 19 Better for Women: Improving the health and wellbeing of girls and women, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, December 2019, page 15
  20. 20 Abortion statistics for England and Wales 2018: data tables, ONS, June 2019, see table 2
  21. 21 Coleman, P K, ‘Abortion and mental health: quantitative synthesis and analysis of research published 1995-2009, British Journal of Psychiatry, 199(3), 2011, pages 180-186
  22. 22 Fergusson, D M, Horwood, L J and Boden J M, ‘Does abortion reduce the mental health risks of unwanted or unintended pregnancy? A re-appraisal of the evidence’ Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 47(9), 2013, pages 819-827
  23. 23 Guidance in Relation to Requirements of the Abortion Act 1967, Department of Health, May 2014, pages 5 and 9
  24. 24 Better for Women, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, December 2019, page 15
  25. 25 CNN online, 26 September 2019, see https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/26/asia/abortion-australia-decriminalized-intl-hnk/index.htmlas at 20 December 2019
  26. 26 Genesis 1:26, 9:6
  27. 27 Luke 1:35
  28. 28 Lecky, W E H, History of European Morals, vol. 2, Longmans, 1877, (1913 edition), page 22
  29. 29 Didache 2:2
  30. 30 Cameron, N and Sims P, Abortion: the crisis in morals and medicine, IVP, 1986, pages 28-29
  31. 31 Cited in loc cit
  32. 32 Calvin, J, Harmony of the Law – Volume 3, Baker, 1996, pages 30-31