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Abortion Access and the Benefits and Limitations of Abortion- Permissive Legal Frameworks: Lessons from the United Kingdom.
- Source :
- Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics; Jul2023, Vol. 32 Issue 3, p378-390, 13p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- This paper argues that abortion access is an important subject for bioethics scholarship and reflects on the relationship between legal frameworks and access to care. The author uses the example of the United Kingdom to examine the benefits and limitations of abortion- permissive legal frameworks in terms of access. These are legal frameworks that enable the provision of abortion but subject to restrictions. An abortion-permissive regime—first in Great Britain and then in Northern Ireland—has gone some way to improving access to care over time. However, aspects of the regime (that lead to its description as permissive rather than supportive of abortion) have the potential to endanger abortion access in the future and so legal reform is necessary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09631801
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 164580742
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S096318012200086X