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- Title
The 50th Anniversary of the Abortion Act.
- Authors
Paintin, David
- Abstract
The article discusses the 50th anniversary of the 1967 change in the law on abortion. Topics discussed include the Abortion Act 1967 as a result of the Abortion Law Reform Association's (ALRA) desire to have a law that made safe termination by doctors accessible, requirements for doctors to certify that the abortion is legal when pregnancy threatens the physical or mental health of the woman and her children and increase in legal therapeutic termination of pregnancy before viability (TOP).
- Subjects
ABORTION laws; MEDICAL laws; PREGNANCY complications; WOMEN'S health; WOMEN'S mental health
- Publication
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2017, Vol 124, Issue 13, p1947
- ISSN
1470-0328
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/1471-0528.14919