{"id":13558,"date":"1969-04-05T18:47:00","date_gmt":"1969-04-06T02:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13558"},"modified":"2023-01-24T18:47:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T02:47:27","slug":"correspondence-abortion-act-in-practice-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13558","title":{"rendered":"(Correspondence) Abortion Act in Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Myre Sim<\/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>The Act does not give Dr. Hughes the right to castigate those psychiatrists who, acting &#8220;in good faith,&#8221; 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 &#8221; good faith &#8221; 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Sim M. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1983002\/pdf\/brmedj02026-0070c.pdf\">(Correspondence) Abortion Act in Practice<\/a>. 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