Index
43
ISSUES
: Abortion
Index
abortion 1–2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 14, 15, 16, 20, 24, 35–6
alternatives 19
and archaism 13, 30
and confidentiality 5
costs 23
and deprivation 2
and devolution of law 33, 39
early 2
and stress 17
and emotional responses 3–4, 5
failures 7
and further pregnancy 7
and gender selection 30–1, 37
and domestic violence 32
help and counselling 4–5, 6, 17, 18, 19, 27
and human rights 11, 34, 35, 36
late 3, 26–9
and stress 17
and legislation 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 21, 25, 26, 29,
30–1
medical 2, 3, 6, 10, 23–4
and men’s responsibilities 39
and men’s rights 37–8, 39
and mental health 1, 4, 27
and moral status 13
NHS provision 2, 3, 4, 11, 16, 21
and prenatal screening 36–7
private provision 2, 3, 4
and pro-choice movements 16
and refusals 5, 20, 21, 24, 29
repeat 2, 10
and restrictions 11–12, 13, 14–15, 23, 24–6, 27,
31, 34, 35
and death 25
and fertility 25
and risks 1, 3, 7, 14, 23, 24, 25–6, 27, 30, 31,
34, 35
infection 3, 7
time limits 1, 11, 14
and Zika virus 24, 25
and secularism 15
and stigma 13
and stress 17–18
surgical 2, 3, 6–7
time limits 4, 15, 26, 29
and travel abroad for 23, 34, 35
and two agreements for 1, 5, 25, 33
and unmarried status 1
unsafe 15, 22, 25, 26
and unviable foetuses to term 34, 35, 36
waiting times 5
and women’s rights 15, 27, 39
see also
pro-life abortion movements
Abortion Act 1967 1, 2, 29
and abortion refusals 21
and archaism 30
and gender selection 30–1
and restrictions 11, 12, 13, 25, 31
and risks 1, 30, 31
time limits 1, 11
time limits 29
and two-agreements rule 1, 25
adoption 19
age 1, 2, 5, 10
Amnesty International 35–6
anencephaly 35
Australia 15
babies 26
bpas (British Pregnancy Advisory Service) 6, 10, 21, 25,
26–7, 28, 29
Brazil 24
CareConfidential 4, 18, 19
Caribbean 24, 25
Catholicism 4, 12, 15, 21
clinics 3, 4, 6, 14–15
confidentiality 5
costs 23
counselling 4–5, 6, 17, 18, 19, 27
crime 10, 11, 12, 13, 23, 25–6, 29, 30–1, 34, 35, 36
D&E (dilation and evacuation) abortion 2, 3, 6–7
death 25
disability
and abortion 1, 2, 22, 31
and Down’s syndrome 36–7
doctors 1, 4, 5, 6, 13, 25–6, 31, 33
domestic violence 32
Down’s syndrome 37
and abortion 36–7
drones 23
emotions and feelings 3–4
help and counselling 5
and mental health 4
England 1, 10
ethnic minorities 1
families 1, 31
see also
parents
fathers 37–8, 39
feminism 15, 23, 27, 39
fertility 25
fostering 19
funding 2, 4
NHS 2, 11
gender 30–2, 37–9
Greece 14
Grieve, Dominic 30–1
hospitals 2, 3, 4, 6
