The recent legalization of medical assistance in dying (MAID) and the contentious
mandatory effective referral policy implemented by the College of Physicians and Surgeons …

Abortion is one of the most difficult, controversial and painful issues in modern society. The
main controversy revolves around the questions of who makes the decision about abortion …

Este artículo examina el fenómeno de la objeción de conciencia (OC) a los servicios de
aborto legal en Argentina, Uruguay y Colombia. Basado en relatos obtenidos a través de …

What is the purpose of medicine? This fundamental question is at the heart of the criticisms
faced by pregnancy centers (PCs) and accusations that they are unethical. PCs maintain …

BACKGROUND: Unintended pregnancies are an inexhaustible source to life-changing
decisions and events for individuals and result in enormous costs for societies having to …

Law n. 194/1978, while legalizing voluntary interruption of pregnancy (VIP) in Italy,
introduced the clause of conscientious objection and, since then, many gynaecologists have …

No era una legislación de interrupción voluntaria del embarazo (IVE) como tal, sino una ley
de despenalización parcial en tres supuestos, siendo el supuesto más utilizado (> 90%) el …

A stethoscope on a law book A stethoscope on a law book There's only one way to resolve
the dissonance between personal beliefs and professional obligations: remembering that …

The development of guidelines to improve the quality of CTOP services in public health
facilities remains very important in ensuring the continuous provision of quality CTOP …

The global women's movement has fought for many years to affirm safe and legal abortion
as a fundamental right, and the global trend has been the liberalization of abortion laws …