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Friday 2 October 2009
Let’s stand up to ‘supernanny’
Jennie Bristow’s important, engaging and witty book both explains and critiques the tsunami of state meddling in family affairs.

Friday 25 September 2009
Let’s stand up to ‘supernanny’
Jennie Bristow’s new book is as engaging and witty as those rebellious ‘bad mum’ memoirs. But it’s far more important, both explaining and critiquing the tsunami of state meddling in family affairs.

Thursday 23 October 2008
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.

Thursday 22 May 2008
Abortion in Britain: the debate ain’t over yet
Ann Furedi welcomes British MPs’ defence of the 24-week time limit, but says much more can be done to free up and streamline abortion services.

Monday 31 March 2008
Why rising abortion rates are not a problem
Let’s welcome the fact that women take motherhood so seriously that, with the aid of abortion, they put it off till they’re ready.

Friday 28 September 2007
The first casualty of the abortion wars: truth
In The Politics of Abortion, Anne Hendershott claims the US Democrats are obsessively committed to a woman’s right to choose. If only.

Friday 21 September 2007
The first casualty of the abortion wars: truth
In The Politics of Abortion, a frustrating confusion of fantastical observations about pro-choice politics, Anne Hendershott claims the US Democrats are obsessively committed to a woman’s right to choose. If only.

Monday 25 June 2007
Let us decriminalise abortion altogether
It's high time we had a frank inquiry into England's Abortion Act, which remains, on paper, one of the most restrictive in the Western world.

Sunday 19 November 2006
Abortion: some messages can’t be massaged
It's time to ditch the spin and tell the truth about why women have abortions, and what would happen if they were denied them.

Monday 5 June 2006
What’s wrong with ‘do-it-yourself’ abortions?
The abortion pill is safe and effective, says the chief executive of Britain’s largest specialist abortion provider. So why all the fuss about the fact that more women are taking it?

Thursday 11 May 2006
Why abortion clinics won’t be building barricades
The chief executive of the UK's largest specialist abortion provider explains why she and her colleagues are not scared by the UK LifeLeague's 'name and shame' antics.

Thursday 31 March 2005
Faith in the abortion debate
Forget the clergy: the question is whether we have faith in the ability of women and their doctors to make moral choices.

Friday 14 January 2005
When Vera Drakes were everywhere
Abortion was a part of women’s lives long before it was made legal.

Wednesday 21 April 2004
Life is not a film
Women don't need to see videos of destroyed fetuses to understand the reality of abortion, says the chief executive of the UK's leading abortion and advice charity.

Thursday 12 February 2004
Abortion, Motherhood and Mental Health
Ellie Lee's new book challenges the fashionable belief that motherhood makes you mad.

Monday 1 December 2003
Whose choice?
The difficult decision whether to abort a fetus with a cleft palate should lie with the pregnant woman, not a vicar or a judge, says the chief executive of the UK's leading abortion and advice charity.

Monday 1 December 2003
Whose choice?
The difficult decision whether to abort a fetus with a cleft palate should lie with the pregnant woman, not a vicar or a judge, says the chief executive of the UK's leading abortion and advice charity.

Tuesday 13 February 2001
Catching chlamydia
We should treat chlamydia as a fact of modern life.

 


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