{"id":16924,"date":"1969-08-02T13:26:00","date_gmt":"1969-08-02T20:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=16924"},"modified":"2023-02-23T07:44:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T15:44:29","slug":"correspondence-pregnancy-termination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=16924","title":{"rendered":"(Correspondence) Pregnancy Termination"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Garth Jones<\/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 popular demand for abortion in our present permissive society is hardly going to decrease, and if the B.M.A. and Royal College are successful in their present efforts the entire abortion demand will then be directed solely at the N.H.S. consultants and the N.H.S. hospital beds to the detriment of both. The essential point, surely, is that the Act as it stands is a bad Act and no amount of piecemeal tinkering will make it better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Jones G. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1984096\/pdf\/brmedj02043-0065b.pdf\">(Correspondence) Pregnancy Termination<\/a>. Br Med J. 1969 Aug 02;3(5665):297. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Garth Jones Extract. . . the popular demand for abortion in our present permissive society is hardly going to decrease, and if the B.M.A. and Royal College are successful in their present efforts the entire abortion demand will then be directed solely at the N.H.S. consultants and the N.H.S. hospital beds to the detriment of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=16924\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;(Correspondence) Pregnancy 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