February 24, 2005

In the UK, a substantial proportion of new mothers suffer from post-natal depression. There is as yet no universally agreed definition of... Read More

Safe, legal abortion rarely has negative psychological effects. The denial of access  to abortion, however, can have serious consequences for the woman... Read More

The consensus of all authoritative psychiatric and medical opinion is that, for the large majority of women, the effects on psychological health... Read More

Pregnancy is not without physical risk: carrying a pregnancy to term and giving birth can cause complications and subsequent health problems or... Read More

Anti-choice activists have encouraged publicity suggesting abortion harms women. On average one in three women in the UK will have an abortion... Read More

Contrary to assertions by the anti-choice lobby, medical research consistently shows that women who have had an abortion have no greater risk... Read More

Unsafe Abortion Unsafe abortion is performed by untrained people using  dangerous methods, which often fail, in unsterile conditions. Methods used include: •... Read More

Non-surgical or medical abortion is used for early abortion up to nine weeks. Mifepristone and prostaglandin are also used for termination of... Read More

You will see that there is overlap in the different methods that can be used at the different stages of later term... Read More

Each stage of pregnancy requires a different method of abortion. When performed  by trained professionals in sterile conditions early procedures are virtually... Read More