{"id":11901,"date":"1968-08-24T11:13:00","date_gmt":"1968-08-24T18:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=11901"},"modified":"2023-01-23T15:43:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T23:43:52","slug":"correspondence-requests-for-abortion-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=11901","title":{"rendered":"(Correspondence) Requests for Abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">HB Bagshaw, TT Lee, J McAuley<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"172\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bmj.jpg\" alt=\"British Medical Journal, BMJ\" class=\"wp-image-11229\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">British Medical Journal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<\/strong><br>patients requesting abortions are taking up considerable outpatient time, sidestepping our long waiting-lists, and occupying valuable hospital beds-all these at the expense of the genuine gynaecological patients. . . At a recent count, one in five of the patients in our wards are cases for termination of pregnancy. Their increasing numbers have been an embarrassment to many medical and nursing staff who have conscientious objections, especially those working in the operating- theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Bagshaw H, Lee T, McAuley J.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1986410\/pdf\/brmedj02098-0069e.pdf\"> (Correspondence) Requests for Abortion<\/a>. Br Med J. 1968;3(5616):499.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HB Bagshaw, TT Lee, J McAuley Extractpatients requesting abortions are taking up considerable outpatient time, sidestepping our long waiting-lists, and occupying valuable hospital beds-all these at the expense of the genuine gynaecological patients. . . At a recent count, one in five of the patients in our wards are cases for termination of pregnancy. 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