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THE problem with trying to contribute to the abortion debate is that there isn't really any point. A bit defeatist I know, but I write from bitter experience. ... THE problem with trying to contribute to the abortion debate is that there isn't really any point. In among...
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Study little help for anti-abortion group
A British study on the survival of premature infants provides ammunition for those who want to keep the abortion limit at 24 weeks rather than reduce it. ... The survey of premature infants in the Trent region found that the survival rate of those born at 24 or 25 weeks...
UK 24-Week Abortion Law Challenged By Un-Science
Anti-choice activists and legislators (MPs) in the UK are arguing that the legal limit for abortions should be lowered from the 24 weeks it is now to 20 weeks. Their argument? Babies born pre-term, at 22 and 23 weeks gestational age, have a greater chance of survival these days. There's only one...
Very premature baby survival not improving
LONDON (Reuters) - There has been no improvement in the survival rate of babies born before Britain's 24-week legal limit for abortion, doctors said on Friday, ahead of an expected attempt by pro-life legislators to reduce the cut-off period. ... By Tim Castle LONDON...
Margaret Drabble: The beginning of life should not be a subject for crude polemic
Margaret Drabble: Forty years ago legalised abortion was a triumph, but is it time to rethink the rights of the unborn? ... Forty years ago legalised abortion was a triumph, but is it time to rethink the rights of the unborn? It was the old wives' abortion remedy that...
Study little help for anti-abortion group
LONDON, May 9 (UPI) -- A British study on the survival of premature infants provides ammunition for those who want to keep the abortion limit at 24 weeks rather than reduce it. ... The survey of premature infants in the Trent region found that the survival rate of those...
The survival rate for babies born before abortion limit of 24 weeks 'has not improved'
Comments There has been no improvement in survival rates for babies born before 24 weeks - the current legal limit for abortion, according to research out today. However, both that EPICure study and today's research did note improvements in the survival rates for babies...
Very premature baby survival not improving
There has been no improvement in the survival rate of babies born before Britain's 24-week legal limit for abortion, doctors said on Friday, ahead of an expected attempt by pro-life legislators to reduce the cut-off period. ... Study: Medical advances not helping infants...
Extremely Premature Baby Survival Still Low
There has been no improvement in survival of babies born before 24 weeks' gestation or extremely premature, the current legal limit for abortion. ... Survival of extremely premature babies in a geographically defined population: prospective cohort study of 1994-9 compared...
Premature Babies No More Likely To Survive Now Than In Mid 1990s According To Research
New research shows that despite improvements in neonatal intensive care, the most premature babies are no more likely to survive today than they were in the mid-1990s. ... The report, which appears in the British Medical Journal, concludes that "the limits of viability...
The Current 24-Week Limit For Abortion Should Stay, Say UK Doctors
Research published in today's (Friday 9 May 2008) BMJ1 concludes that over a recent twelve2 year period there was no significant improvement in the survival of babies born before 24 weeks gestation. Given this new data, the BMA is calling on MPs to vote against any attempt to reduce the 24-week...
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