{"id":12189,"date":"1966-06-18T17:34:00","date_gmt":"1966-06-19T00:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12189"},"modified":"2023-01-23T15:47:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T23:47:55","slug":"correspondence-abortion-law-reform-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12189","title":{"rendered":"(Correspondence) Abortion Law Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Robert Browne, David L Kirk<\/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>Legislation can be disastrous if it is ill-considered. Attempts to tidy up existing law, as in the case of betting and gambling, have proved in the last few years liable to proliferate what the law sought originally to discourage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Browne R, Kirk DL. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1844741\/pdf\/brmedj02555-0083d.pdf\">(Correspondence) Abortion Law Reform<\/a>. Br Med J. 1966;1(5502):1541. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Browne, David L Kirk ExtractLegislation can be disastrous if it is ill-considered. Attempts to tidy up existing law, as in the case of betting and gambling, have proved in the last few years liable to proliferate what the law sought originally to discourage. Browne R, Kirk DL. (Correspondence) Abortion Law Reform. 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