Tag Archives: abortion
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Downright Discrimination – the issues in the Heidi Crowter case

August 3, 2021 Written by Start of Life

On July 6th and 7th 2021, Heidi Crowter made history. She is the first woman with Down syndrome to take the State to court over the discrimination inherent in our abortion law. Her co-claimants Máire Lea-Wilson and her son Aidan (pictured) also feel passionately about […]

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‘Don’t bother the midwife’: abortion as a parable for assisted suicide

May 27, 2021 Written by End of Life , Society , Start of Life

The current series of Call the Midwife is set in 1966. We dispensed with World Cup fever in about half an episode and are now focussing on other things in the news that year. The most significant of these, from a midwifery perspective, was David […]

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DIY abortion: one year on

March 30, 2021 Written by Medical Practice , Start of Life

On this day last year, the UK Government, after a bizarre double-u-turn, made the home an approved ‘class of place’ for early medical abortion up to ten weeks. Women could now obtain both mifepristone and misoprostol after just a phone or video consultation with an […]

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‘DIY abortion’ consultations – some ideas for your submissions

January 28, 2021 Written by Start of Life

The English and Welsh consultations into extending the provision for early medical abortion (EMA) to take place at home beyond the coronavirus crisis are both underway. They close on 26 February and 23 February respectively. These don’t differ significantly from the Scottish consultation, which closed […]

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The COVID vaccine: Christians in crisis or clear conscience?

November 11, 2020 Written by Medical Practice

The coronavirus pandemic has brought challenges and opportunities to all fields of healthcare, whether that be how GP surgeries operate, how hospital beds are allocated or how pioneering research for treatments is conducted. Alongside these changes, many ethical dilemmas have emerged over the past year. […]