Criminalised abortion in UK obstructs reflective choice and best care

Goldbeck‐Wood, Sandra; Aiken, Abigail R.A.; Horwell, David; Heikinheimo, Oskari; Acharya, Ganesh

doi:10.1136/bmj.k2928

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“…The consequences are that charities spend money employing doctors in this role, and that women are inconvenienced while they wait for this process to be completed. It is simply a hangover of the paternalistic sentiment that pervades so much of maternity care, which views women as wayward children rather than as adults capable of making their own decisions 10 .…”

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We Need to Talk About Abortion

Thompson

2021

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One-third of women in the UK will have an abortion before their 45th birthday. Yet the midwife’s role in pregnancy choice counselling, abortion provision and support of women’s decisions remains a taboo. This opinion piece calls for an open conversation around termination of pregnancy and a better understanding among midwives of abortion as a medical procedure. Recognising the global impact of unsafe abortion, the author rallies the midwifery profession to take a clear pro-choice stance and demand the decriminalisation of abortion in the UK.

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Section: Pregnant Person or Potential Criminal?mentioning

confidence: 99%

We Need to Talk About Abortion

Thompson

2021

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“…Land som Irland og Skottland med en konservativ tradisjon der religion står sterkt, har nylig fått mer reproduktiv frihet etter at nye lover har blitt vedtatt (3,4). Samtidig har det vaert en uventet endring i retning av regresjon i England og Norge, utelukkende politisk motivert (5,6). Det siste fortjener oppmerksomhet og refleksjon.…”

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Abort er en medisinsk nødvendighet

Acharya¹

2019

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Abort er en medisinsk nødvendighet | Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening Abort er en medisinsk nødvendighet LEDER GANESH ACHARYA E-post: ganesh.acharya@ki.se Ganesh Acharya er professor og enhetsleder for Enheten för obstetrik och gynekologi ved Institutionen för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik (CLINTEC) ved Karolinska Institutet, og professor II ved Universitetet i Tromsø -Norges arktiske universitet. Forfatter har fylt ut ICMJE-skjemaet og oppgir følgende interessekonflikter: Han har mottatt reisehonorar for styremøter i The Nordic Federation of Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology (NFOG) og honorar som sjefredaktør i Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scadinavica.

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“…Two Social Media Editors have during the last 4 years each transformed our social media presence, and more recently we appointed a Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Editor and have worked as a wider team on developing policy and practice around patient involvement 5. We have also increased commissioning activity, markedly increased our international lay media coverage with the help of the BMJ press office, and campaigned on abortion law reform 6 7…”

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confidence: 99%