|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
|
|||
|
||||
|
||||
British Medical Association To Discuss Whether To Recommend Upper Gestational Limit on Legal Abortion Be Lowered to 20 WeeksFrom: Ana (dean@thehuffpeople.net)Wed Jun 29 10:29:10 2005
.. British Medical Association To Discuss Whether To Recommend Upper Gestational Limit on Legal Abortion Be Lowered to 20 Weeks Access this story and related links online: http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=31037 The British Medical Association this week at its annual conference in Manchester, England, is scheduled to debate whether to recommend that the U.K. government reduce the gestational age limit for legal abortions from 24 weeks to 20 weeks, the Scotsman reports (Gray, Scotsman, 6/25). Some doctors have said recent medical advances mean that infants born at 22 or 23 weeks gestation have an increased chance of survival, calling into question the ethics of abortion after that time (Hope, Daily Mail, 6/25). It is the first time the BMA -- which represents about 110,000 practicing physicians in the United Kingdom -- has taken up the issue of a gestational age limit for abortion since 1990, when the government lowered the legal limit from 28 weeks to 24 weeks (Carrell, Independent, 6/26). In the United Kingdom, abortion is legal anytime during pregnancy if a doctor has determined the fetus has a severe disability or if the pregnancy is endangering the life of the woman (Daily Mail, 6/25).
|
|
Return to
|
Mail a New Message to the Forum: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net Forum Administrator: geffrey.klein@obgyn.net Report Technical Problems: webmaster@obgyn.net Last Updated: Wed Dec 2 05:00:30 2009 |
The American Medical Association is no longer designating CME hours for AMA Category II CME credit. However, physicians themselves may self designate learning activities as Category II CME credit hours if they feel it is of sufficient educational merit and meets the formal definitions of continuing medical education. OBGYN.net believes these interaction in this forum meets these criteria. For further information see the AMA web site.