Doctors can carry out a caesarean section on a heavily pregnant woman with mental health difficulties without her approval if needed, a judge has ruled. Mrs Justice Morgan approved an
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MPs have supported proposals to introduce buffer zones around abortion clinics and hospitals in England and Wales. The House of Commons voted 297 to 110, majority 187, in favour of
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Protesters have gathered outside HMP Bronzefield in Surrey to call for an end to the imprisonment of pregnant women and new mothers. Activists, former inmates and mothers with their children
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Westminster has been urged to follow Holyrood’s lead and bring in legislation to create “buffer zones” around abortion centres. The British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) made the plea after Scottish
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New Health Secretary Therese Coffey has said she will not seek to “undo any aspects of abortion laws” despite her views on the subject. The Deputy Prime Minister, who is
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The number of midwives has fallen in every English region in the past year, figures show. Numbers dropped by around 600 on top of a longstanding shortage of more than
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Abortion law is impacting the self-worth of disabled people, a lawyer representing a woman with Down’s syndrome has told the Court of Appeal. Heidi Crowter (pictured), 27, from Coventry, brought
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A summit on improving access to abortion services has been “constructive” and “helpful”, Nicola Sturgeon has said. The First Minister (pictured) convened the summit in Edinburgh on Tuesday in order
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Changes to how women access abortion mean more than half of terminations are now carried out at home, new figures show. Data from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
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More than half of abortions in Scotland are now taking place at home as women access early medical terminations away from a clinic, new figures have shown. Last year, 13,758
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