When I was eighteen, I was convinced I was pregnant. I was in a coercive relationship with a much older man and the thing that frightened me the most was what my parents would say. They were extremely strict and authoritarian and I had had the Ten Commandments rammed down my throat from birth.
Read MoreA pregnancy decision can be one of the most challenging moments of a person’s life. The pressures can be overwhelming for those choosing between carrying their babies to term or terminating. The promise of an easy fix is enticing. And there are often time, relational, and financial pressures that move the choice forward quickly.
Read MoreRecently, I chatted with a female doctor who used abortion as a student. She argued that legal abortion should be available for a woman’s safety – until she read our handy guide, Pregnancy and Abortion: A Practical Guide to Making Decisions. Like her, many assume that ‘legal abortion’ means it’s safe – safer than having a baby.
Read MoreThe reversal of Roe versus Wade raises a huge question: is legal abortion a threat to a woman’s life or just like you “get your bunions done”? Sadly, women die during abortion and also years after from abortion complications. Few know more about this than gynaecologist Dr Donna Harrison MD., from Michigan, USA.
Read MoreThere’s something about the question that resonates deeply in me. Did I know what was ahead of me when I embarked on another pregnancy – when my first son had been conceived and born without a hitch? Had I any idea of the depths of despair I was about to enter when everyone else around me would soon be passing round their baby photos?
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The Covid-19 pandemic has swiftly swept the world into its grip. It has forced countries to a standstill and is stretching health services to their limits. Research from the Guttmacher Institute suggests that the pandemic is placing all areas of health at risk and has ‘major implications for people’s reproductive priorities and actions’ [1].
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For several decades arguments have gone back and forth as to whether induced abortion (termination of pregnancy) has any negative effects. In all of this, one aspect of scientific evidence has been missing - pre-clinical data.
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If you’ve just found out that you’re pregnant and you didn’t expect to be, you probably have many questions. This can be confusing, even scary. The time to make decisions feels short so you might feel pressure to make a decision fast. You deserve the best tools for decision making…
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