Tag: JH Hughes

(Correspondence) Abortion Act in Practice

Myre Sim

British Medical Journal, BMJ
British Medical Journal

Extract
The Act does not give Dr. Hughes the right to castigate those psychiatrists who, acting “in good faith,” are seriously in doubt as to whether an abortion is justified, and for good reasons know that support and treatment would be at least as effective as abortion in dealing with the problem be it-social or medical. They have ample clinical evidence- to support the ” good faith ” of their decisions . . .. It would be of great interest to see- what factual evidence could be produced to support the many decisions to abort under the present Act.

Sim M. (Correspondence) Abortion Act in Practice. Br Med J. 1969 Apr 5;2(5648):50-51.

(Correspondence) Abortion Act in Practice

JH Hughes

British Medical Journal, BMJ
British Medical Journal

Extract
The Abortion Act is the law of the land and has already proved of immense benefit to many of my patients. It is there to be used and to be applied uniformly throughout the country. It is the antagonism to abortion reform of many doctors, particularly N.H.S. consultants in certain parts of the country, that creates long queues for abortion. . . If all doctors, general practitioners and consultants, put their patient’s welfare before their own religious and biased cobwebbed ideas on abortion, then the new Act would present no problems at all..

Hughes JH. (Correspondence) Abortion Act in Practice. Br Med J. 1969 Mar 8;1(5664):637-638.