bpas: Abortion in the US: Popularity, Politics and Practice
Wednesday, 7 March 2012
6:30 PM
Event - Abortion in the US: Popularity, Politics and Practice
Carol Sanger, Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, will give the BPAS 2012 Public Lecture in London, 7 March.
We often hear of the ‘Americanisation’ of abortion politics in the UK, but unpicking the substantive threats to women’s reproductive rights in the US can be a challenge. The 2012 bpas public lecture will explore the current state of abortion politics in the US and, at a time when abortion appears increasingly politicised in the UK, reflect on what lessons can be drawn by those keen to protect women’s reproductive autonomy elsewhere.
Professor Carol Sanger is a leading international scholar in the regulation of abortion, motherhood, and family. She is the Barbara Aronstein Black Professor of Law at Columbia Law School in New York and a Senior Research Fellow at St. Anne’s College, Oxford.
Date: Wednesday 7 March 2012
Time: 6:30pm, to be followed by discussion and a wine reception
Venue: The Medical Society of London, 11 Chandos Street, Cavendish Square, London, W1G 9EB
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Admission to this event is free but please book your place with Abigail.Fitzgibbon@bpas.org.
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Behind the scenes, women's abortion rights are being chipped away.
The government wants more women to choose long-term contraception, such as the hormonal implant or injection, as part of a bid to prevent unwanted pregnancies.
NHS trusts are diverting funds meant for sexual health into paying off their deficits, a new report has warned.
Extremist backbenchers and sympathetic ministers are conspiring to threaten abortion rights.
The health secretary has rejected calls for the maximum time at which women can have an abortion to be reduced from 24 weeks.
David Cameron has backed calls to reduce the time limit for abortions by as much as a month.
Britain's leading pregnancy service has called for a review of abortion laws and for current restrictions requiring two doctors to authorise terminations to be changed.
Too often vulnerable women are left on a conveyor belt toward abortion.
Cardinal Keith O'Brien has urged Catholics to withhold their vote from pro-abortion politicians, calling the practice an "unspeakable crime".
If the anti-abortion lobby really cared about independent advice it wouldn't seek to dismantle it.
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