1838598367

Decriminalising Abortion in the UK : What Would It Mean? / ed. by Sally Sheldon, Kaye Wellings

Fox, Marie [MitwirkendeR] ; Gray, Ann Marie [MitwirkendeR] ; Herring, Jonathan [MitwirkendeR] ; Horgan, Goretti [MitwirkendeR] ; Jackson, Emily [MitwirkendeR] ; Johnson, Brooke Ronald [MitwirkendeR] ; Keogh, Louise [MitwirkendeR] ; Lohr, Patricia A. [MitwirkendeR] ; Lord, Jonathan [MitwirkendeR] ; Norman, Wendy V. [MitwirkendeR] ; Rowlands, Sam [MitwirkendeR] ; Sheldon, Sally [HerausgeberIn] ; Sheldon, Sally [MitwirkendeR] ; Wellings, Kaye [MitwirkendeR] ; Wellings, Kaye [HerausgeberIn]

Englisch

Bristol : Policy Press, 2020

©2020

1 Online-Ressource (112 p.)

In English

978-1-4473-5402-4

Front Matter

Contents

List of figures and tables

List of cases, statutes and statutory instruments

Notes on contributors

Introduction

Is public opinion in support of decriminalisation?

How would decriminalisation affect women's health?

Would decriminalisation mean deregulation?

The effects of decriminalisation in Northern Ireland

What would be the likely impact of decriminalisation on the incidence, timing, provision and safety of abortion?

Notes

References

Index

*Abortion -- Government policy -- Great Britain ; Abortion -- Health aspects -- Great Britain ; Abortion -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain ; Abortion -- Social aspects -- Great Britain ; Decriminalization -- Great Britain

*SOCIAL SCIENCE / Abortion & Birth Control

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: KD7969

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 362.198880941;

bisacsh: SOC046000

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. The public and parliamentary debate about UK abortion law reform is often diverted away from key moral and political questions by disputes regarding basic questions of fact. And all too often, claims of scientific 'fact' are ideologically driven. But what effect would decriminalisation be likely to have on women's health? What would be the impact on the incidence of abortions? Would decriminalisation equate to deregulation, sweeping away necessary restrictions on dangerous or malicious conduct? With each chapter written by leading experts in the fields of medicine, law, reproductive health and social science, this book offers a concise and authoritative account of the evidence regarding the likely impact of decriminalisation of abortion in the UK

https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781447354024 [Open Access]