7+ hour, 13+ min ago   (551+ words) The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) made the call after analysing the latest figures from Public Health Scotland, which showed a record high of 18,783 abortions in the country last year. SPUC compared the number with mortality data…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (755+ words) Published in the ‘British Medical Journal (BMJ) Sexual & Reproductive Health’ journal, the research examined GPs’ use of remote consultations with women seeking abortions. Researchers concluded that remote consultations are now a “mainstream component” of abortion care rather than “an exceptional…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (735+ words) Published in the ‘British Medical Journal (BMJ) Sexual & Reproductive Health’ journal, the research examined GPs’ use of remote consultations with women seeking abortions. Researchers concluded that remote consultations are now a “mainstream component” of abortion care rather than “an exceptional…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (988+ words) A new report is calling for a fundamental rethink of how society supports new mothers, arguing that the transition into motherhood is far “more than a medical event” and should be recognised as a profound emotional, social and spiritual transformation....

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (600+ words) Ireland is putting together a Leave for Pregnancy Loss Bill which would provide five days of paid leave for women whose pregnancy has ended before the 23rd week. The proposals make no distinction between a woman who has had a miscarriage…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (510+ words) The Irish government has approved controversial plans to give women paid leave after undergoing an abortion. Abortion is a relatively new phenomenon in the Republic of Ireland. It was legalised following a referendum in 2018 in which two thirds of voters…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1043+ words) A new working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) says that early smartphone adoption could explain between 33% and 52% of the decline in the US general fertility rate between 2007 and 2011. The paper, authored by economist Caitlin K…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (522+ words) The Catholic Church in Ireland has come out in opposition to attempts to “widen the scope” of current abortion law in the country and said that more research is needed to determine the cause of early abortions. Mary Lou McDonald,…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (538+ words) A bill that would require the government to produce an annual report on complications resulting from abortions in England has been proposed in the House of Lords. The Complications from Abortions (Annual Report) Bill was proposed by Conservative peer Lord…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (482+ words) A paramedic has been struck off after secretly injecting his lover with abortion drugs during a sexual encounter. Stephen Doohan, who was married at the time, began an affair with his victim after they met in Ibiza. Doohan later separated…...