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Tuesday 6 December 2011	Abortion


William Saletan When it comes to abortion, why wait? Women who choose to terminate a pregnancy have a moral obligation to do it as early as possible.

Monday 28 November 2011
Ann Furedi Abortion: how late is ‘too late’? Policymakers should butt out of late abortion and trust women to work out what’s in their best interests.

Thursday 21 July 2011
Nathalie Rothschild Save the Jews: don’t have an abortion By imploring women to help boost the number of Jews, Israeli anti-abortion activists politicise personal choices.

Wednesday 1 June 2011
Ann Furedi A funny thing happened on the way to the forum Giving Life a seat on the Sexual Health Forum is a bit like including Jehovah’s Witnesses on a panel to discuss blood-transfusion services.

Thursday 5 May 2011
Jennie Bristow It is right that society offers ‘Ground E’ abortions The anti-choice lobby’s obsession with abortions for fetal abnormality reveals its vindictive use and abuse of statistics.

Thursday 3 March 2011
Ann Furedi Late abortion: the new clash in the Choice Wars Ann Furedi says Philadelphia’s ‘Baby Butcher’ scandal shows exactly why we need a principled defence of abortion – as late as necessary.

Thursday 17 February 2011
Ann Furedi Our 10-year struggle to improve abortion care ‘Not so much Yes Minister as The Thick of It…’ Ann Furedi of BPAS reports on her fight with health officials for sensible abortion services.

Monday 14 February 2011
Jennie Bristow How Britain’s abortion law punishes women The UK High Court will rule today on whether women should be free to carry out ‘early medical abortion’ at home. Jennie Bristow reports.

Thursday 13 January 2011
Ann Furedi Let’s make it easier to take the abortion pill BPAS’ chief executive explains why she is taking the UK Department of Health to court over early medical abortion.

Monday 20 December 2010
Ann Furedi A moral defence of late abortion ESSAY: The chief executive of bpas urges faltering pro-choice campaigners to rediscover their respect for women’s moral autonomy.

Thursday 4 November 2010
Stuart Derbyshire It wasn’t God that created the human ‘I’ The gap between neural activity and mental experience – a sense of self – is bridged by years of human interaction.

Wednesday 21 April 2010
Stuart Derbyshire It’s time to move beyond Roe vs Wade US women’s right to choose will remain fragile so long as pro-choice activists rely so heavily on the Supreme Court.

Wednesday 6 January 2010
Jennie Bristow Abortion: the freedom to make tough choices Essay: The anti-choice lobby’s claim that abortions always impact on women’s mental health is moralism masquerading as science.

Monday 21 December 2009
Jason Walsh Hiding from the court of public opinion Challenging Ireland’s abortion ban in the European Court of Human Rights is a poor substitute for political debate.

Tuesday 2 June 2009
Jennie Bristow One family’s tragedy, not a political indicator While commemorating Dr Tiller's life and work, we should be clear about whether his murder has wider meaning for the politics of abortion.

Thursday 21 May 2009
Jennie Bristow Abortion rates: it’s not the economy, stupid Many thought the new UK abortion stats, released today, would show a link between the recession and rising abortion rates. They were wrong.

Thursday 21 May 2009
Helen Searls Obama and the politics of abortion The reaction to the president’s speech at Notre Dame shows how much the debate about abortion has shifted in the United States.

Wednesday 3 December 2008
Jennie Bristow The truth: why Down’s births have gone up The idea that more Down’s syndrome births show that Britain has become more ‘caring’ is severely misleading.

Thursday 23 October 2008
Ann Furedi A shocking betrayal of women’s rights The chief executive of BPAS slams the UK government’s refusal to allow a free vote on abortion in parliament.

Monday 20 October 2008
Sally Sheldon It’s time to ditch the two-doctors rule Sally Sheldon on why she and 84 other academics have launched a campaign to reform Britain’s paternalistic abortion law.
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