Contents
Chapter 1: Abortion facts
Statistics on abortion
1
I’m considering an abortion – what do I need to know?
3
Abortion: where to go
4
Abortion: what happens
6
Growing pro-life movement presents a challenge to defenders of abortion rights
8
England and Wales abortion rate is stable, more than half of women ending
pregnancies are already mothers
10
Britain’s real abortion scandal is how hard it is for some women to have one
11
Abortion is still illegal in the UK, thanks to this Victorian law
13
Abortion laws around the world: from bans to easy access
14
Abortion controversy: pro-choice and pro-life
16
Post-abortion stress – the psychological stress some women suffer after abortion
17
Unplanned pregnancy – the alternatives to abortion
19
Chapter 2: Abortion debate
Position statement from The Royal College of Midwives
20
Midwives lose case over right to refuse to supervise terminations
21
Unsafe abortion: seven million women at risk from dangerous pregnancy
termination
22
Why are feminist drones dropping abortion pills on Poland?
23
Zika emergency pushes women to challenge Brazil’s abortion law
24
Why it is time to decriminalise abortion
25
Legal abortion until term?
26
Royal College of Midwives backs abortion up to birth
28
Midwife slams Royal College of Midwives’ support for dropping legal time limit
for abortions
29
Why we need to clarify our abortion laws
30
Why I oppose a ban on sex-selection abortion
31
Pro-life group: Scotland will become abortion tourist destination if termination
laws are changed
32
Six outrageous facts about abortion in Ireland
34
How Northern Ireland could be forced to ditch its “nightmare” law
35
Don’t Screen Us Out initiative to protect babies with Down’s
36
Abortion: why aren’t men allowed to have a say?
37
In the abortion debate, women’s voices matter more than men’s
39
Key facts
40
Glossary
41
Assignments
42
Index
43
Acknowledgements
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