International developments in abortion laws: 1977-88.

Developments in laws on induced abortion: 1998-2007.

CONTEXT Women's lack of access to legal abortion is a major contributing factor to high rates of worldwide maternal mortality and morbidity. This article describes changes in the legal status of abortion in countries around the world since 1998. METHODS The complete texts of new abortion legislation, most often obtained directly from government Web sites, were reviewed to determine changes. B...

Review of abortion laws.

a major problem when my generation of GPs retires and IUD fitters will not be replaced. Surely the role of the Faculty should be to increase and encourage training, rather than to stick to rigid and outdated requirements? The present LoC IUT allows a doctor to fit any device once they have completed seven insertions. This means that they could fit six Mirenas and one Flexi-T® and then be deemed...

The Role of International Human Rights Norms in the Liberalization of Abortion Laws Globally

International and regional human rights norms have evolved significantly to recognize that the denial of abortion care in a range of circumstances violates women's and girls' fundamental human rights. These increasingly progressive standards have played a critical role in transforming national-level abortion laws by both influencing domestic high court decisions on abortion and serving as a cri...

New Brunswick assailed over "sexist" abortion laws.

Permissive abortion laws, religion, and moral compromise.

Article: In the 1984 elections in the United States some of the candidates were criticized for advocating public policies that conflicted with the teachings of their churches. Chief among such targets of this criticism were Catholics, such as Geraldine Ferraro and Mario Cuomo, who defended permissive abortion laws while maintaining that in private they regard abortion as morally wrong. The purp...