The number of abortions in Scotland is at a 10-year high, official statistics indicate. Figures show 13,286 pregnant women aged 15-44 had terminations in 2018, a rate of 12.9 per
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An anti-abortion group has lost its legal challenge against the Scottish Government’s decision to allow women to take abortion pills at home. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children
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Maternity services provided by an NHS board have been put into special measures after a report found patients were at risk. An investigation into maternity units at Cwm Taf University
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A minister has said advice about whether doctors in Northern Ireland could face criminal charges for sending women and girls to England for an abortion is “completely bogus”. Women and
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The UK Government must respond to a court ruling that Northern Ireland’s abortion laws are in breach of human rights laws, the Women and Equalities Committee has said. The Commons
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A woman who has suffered from a “prolonged, pathological grief disorder” since her daughter was stillborn nearly six years ago has been awarded more than a quarter of a million
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More than 600 emergency Caesarean sections and up to 100 stillbirths could be prevented each year if NHS hospitals followed official guidelines on multiple births, a study has found. The
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The Scottish Government’s decision to allow women to take abortion pills at home is fundamentally flawed because it is not consistent with legislation, a lawyer representing an anti-abortion group has
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Louis Theroux will explore postpartum mental illness in his upcoming BBC Two documentary. Mothers On The Edge will see the filmmaker spending time in two specialist psychiatric units which treat
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More than £50 million will be invested to improve access to mental health services for expectant and new mothers, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said. It is estimated the funding
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