A man who impersonated a doctor to sexually assault a pregnant woman has been jailed, police have announced. Gregory Boyle, 58, was imprisoned for six years and four months on
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A judge has given doctors the go-ahead to perform a caesarean section on a woman who lacks the mental capacity to make decisions about treatment, following a hearing in a
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Home Secretary Sajid Javid is facing a call from more than 150 MPs to press ahead with a review into demonstrations outside abortion clinics. The review was originally ordered by
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England will become the “world leader” in mental health care for mothers and babies, a leading psychiatrist said, as the NHS announced a multimillion-pound boost for support services. Pregnant women
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A coroner has criticised “repeated failures” at a high-profile abortion clinic following the death of a mother of one, hours after she had her foetus terminated. Dr Sean Cummings said
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The Isle of Man is set to radically change women’s reproductive rights by decriminalising abortion in a “major step forward”, the doctor spearheading the reform said. The Abortion Reform Bill
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Five women in red robes, their heads hooded, veils over their faces, silently watched as parliamentarians on the Isle of Man gathered on a grassy hillside last July. They had
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Campaigners have taken the first step in a bid to take a council to court over a ban on demonstrations outside an abortion clinic. Ealing Council was the first in
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Pregnant women in Wales will be the first in the UK to be offered a safer and more accurate test for Down’s syndrome, according to the Welsh Government. The new
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Abortion law in Northern Ireland should be changed to allow for terminations in instances of fatal foetal abnormality, a long-awaited report has recommended. The law as it stands prevents doctors
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