Decriminalising abortion in the UK : what would it mean? /

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Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. 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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sheldon, Sally (Editor ), Wellings, Kaye (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Policy Press, 2020.
Temas:
Abortion > Government policy > Great Britain.
Abortion > Law and legislation > Great Britain.
Abortion > Health aspects > Great Britain.
Abortion > Social aspects > Great Britain.
Decriminalization > Great Britain.
Avortement > Politique gouvernementale > Grande-Bretagne.
Décriminalisation > Grande-Bretagne.
Abortion > Government policy
Abortion > Law and legislation
Abortion > Social aspects
Decriminalization
Great Britain
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Decriminalising Abortion in the UK
  • Copyright information
  • Table of contents
  • List of figures and tables
  • List of cases, statutes and statutory instruments
  • Notes on contributors
  • One Introduction
  • Introduction
  • What do we mean by 'decriminalisation' of abortion?
  • Current law in the UK
  • The Offences Against the Person Act (1861)
  • The Infant Life (Preservation) Act (1929) and Criminal Justice Act NI (1945)
  • The Abortion Act (1967)
  • Reproductive and sexual health in the UK
  • How might decriminalisation of abortion come about in the UK and what would it look like?
  • Content of the book
  • Two Is public opinion in support of decriminalisation?
  • Introduction
  • Can we rely on the polling evidence on attitudes towards abortion?
  • Reporting bias
  • Participation bias
  • The British Social Attitudes Survey
  • Who is most accepting of decriminalisation of abortion? Evidence from the BSA
  • Attitudes towards abortion in Northern Ireland
  • Changing events, changing views?
  • The Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey
  • Why have attitudes towards abortion become more liberal in the UK?
  • Conclusion
  • Three How would decriminalisation affect women's health?
  • Introduction
  • The safety of abortion
  • Abortion and maternal mortality and morbidity
  • Abortion and longer-term health outcomes
  • The law versus best practice
  • Decision-making under the Abortion Act
  • Location of abortion
  • Abortion at home
  • Expanding the provider pool
  • Self-managed abortion
  • Conclusion
  • Four Would decriminalisation mean deregulation?
  • Introduction
  • A general regulatory framework for safe care
  • Informed consent, counselling, confidentiality and safeguarding
  • Informed consent and safeguarding
  • Girls and women who lack capacity
  • Under 18s
  • Adults who lack capacity
  • Counselling
  • Confidentiality and data protection
  • Regulation of abortion medicines
  • Non-consensual termination of pregnancy
  • Medically unqualified providers
  • Conscientious objection
  • Conclusion
  • Five The effects of decriminalisation in Northern Ireland
  • Introduction
  • The legal position in Northern Ireland prior to October 2019
  • The impact of criminalisation
  • Human rights challenges to the criminalisation of abortion
  • Law reform and the framework for regulating abortion
  • The October 2019 reforms and the interim period
  • Conclusion
  • Six What would be the likely impact of decriminalisation on the incidence, timing, provision and safety of abortion?
  • Introduction
  • Abortion laws, incidence, timing, provision and safety in global perspective
  • Abortion laws and criminalisation
  • Incidence of abortion
  • Gestational age at time of abortion
  • Sex-selection and abortion
  • Safety of abortion
  • Decriminalising abortion

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