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Thursday 16 October 2008
The de-moralisation of a woman’s right to choose Isolated by popular opinion, the anti-choice lobby now uses psuedo-science rather than moral outrage to try to curb access to abortion.

Monday 22 October 2007
Let us decriminalise abortion altogether Did you know that abortion is still formally illegal in the UK? Here's why the 1967 Abortion Act needs to be overhauled.

Wednesday 25 April 2007
Abortion: better ‘late’ than never A contributor to a controversial study outlines the reasons why women need access to abortion - even five months after becoming pregnant.

Thursday 2 November 2006
Abort these lazy anti-choice arguments How a tentative study from New Zealand about abortion and mental health was turned into cast-iron evidence that abortion makes women mad.

Sunday 8 October 2006
The wrong debate about abortion rights Images of 'smiling' fetuses are no basis on which to judge what to do about unwanted pregnancies.

Friday 22 July 2005
Is bottle-feeding a mark of bad motherhood? A new study investigates how women who use formula milk in the early months engage with the cultural expectation to breastfeed.

Friday 9 July 2004
We still need abortion as early as possible, as late as necessary Technological advances in fetal care are no reason for retreating on a woman's right to choose.

Thursday 25 March 2004
Where are the schoolgirl mothers? There is no epidemic of teenage pregnancy, just an out-of-control concern about it.

Tuesday 9 December 2003
Abortion: Whose right? The furore around an abortion for cleft palate shows that British law does not give women the right to choose.

Thursday 4 December 2003
Divorcing 'responsibly'? A new book examines the attempt to transform UK divorce from a legal decree into a lifelong counselling session.

Wednesday 1 October 2003
University: Admission to what? Giving students extra marks for being 'disadvantaged' does them no favours.

Tuesday 16 September 2003
Behind the 'smile' Ultrasound pictures of 'smiling' fetuses do not provide an argument against a woman's right to choose.

Tuesday 15 July 2003
Whatever happened to the university? Higher education has come to mean everything - except intellectual endeavour.

Tuesday 3 June 2003
Pathologising childbirth Treating labour as a trauma does not help new mothers.

Wednesday 21 May 2003
Treating soldiers as victims Former British troops claiming to be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder have lost their battle for compensation. But how did the case get to court in the first place?

Thursday 17 April 2003
Debating ‘designer babies’ Personal reproductive choices should not be a matter for legal regulation.

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