The Royal College of Midwives has reiterated its stance on abortion following reports that the head of the union backed a campaign to scrap the abortion time limit without consulting
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Health and Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford has announced new perinatal mental health services will be set up across Wales, with 30 new specialist staff backed by £1.5m of new
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Forcing vulnerable women to travel outside Northern Ireland to access abortion services is “shameful”, the devolved Assembly has heard. The comments were made during a lengthy debate on amending the
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Northern Ireland’s Attorney General has lodged an appeal against a High Court ruling that declared the region’s strict abortion laws incompatible with human rights legislation. John Larkin (pictured) is to
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A fertility clinic had been criticised for “striking ineptitude” by a High Court judge. Mrs Justice Pauffley has complained about “administrative incompetence” at the Herts and Essex Fertility Centre, which
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A new King’s College London study examines suicide deaths within and outside the period surrounding childbirth, specifically in women who had been in recent contact with mental health services. Suicide
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A new, highly accurate test for Down’s syndrome has been recommended for high-risk women on the NHS. The simple blood test is used to detect Down’s syndrome and can also
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Experts have called for basic checks about expectant mothers’ previous mental health problems after a new report showed there has been no significant change in the number of indirect maternal
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A landmark legal challenge to relax Northern Ireland’s strict abortion laws has been successful. The challenge was brought by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC), which wants access to
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It is “verging on the patronising” to suggest Holyrood is not capable of holding power of abortion law, Scottish Secretary David Mundell has insisted. The cabinet minister clashed with former
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