Tag Archives: Abortion Act
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Why is Royal College of GP’s so keen to decriminalise abortion?

April 9, 2019 Written by Start of Life

In February the Royal College of General Practitioners  (RCGP) announced their support for the decriminalisation of abortion. This decision was based on a poll, which only 8.2% of their 53,724 members responded to. 62% of those responding said they supported decriminalisation. The RCGP now joins […]

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Two giants are approaching; are we ready for them?

March 27, 2019 Written by Start of Life

On November 23rd a radical bill to decriminalise abortion and impose it on Northern Ireland was stopped in its tracks thanks to opposition led by Christopher Chope MP. The status quo is preserved for now – but it’s no time for us to rest on our laurels. The Royal College of […]

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Extending abortion into Northern Ireland – should or shouldn’t we?

July 9, 2018 Written by Start of Life

At their annual meeting in June the BMA planned an emergency debate to consider the extension of the Abortion Act 967 to Northern Ireland.  As it happened, the debate did not take place due to lack of time, however it reflects how much momentum and […]

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Some Big Public Policy Challenges in Bioethics we can expect in 2018

January 11, 2018 Written by End of Life , Medical Practice , New Technologies , Start of Life

As we look forward to the challenges that 2018 will bring I am struggling to think of a time when we have faced more major public policy challenges in bioethics in so many areas all at once. This is perhaps inevitable given the march of […]

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Commemoration or Celebration? 50 years of Abortion in numbers and pictures

October 19, 2017 Written by Start of Life

The Abortion Act reaches its 50th Anniversary on Friday 27 October 2017. In these last fifty years nearly 9 million unborn babies have been aborted in England, Scotland and Wales. That figure has, of course, also impacted the lives of 9 million women, some of […]