{"id":17264,"date":"1966-02-05T11:24:00","date_gmt":"1966-02-05T19:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=17264"},"modified":"2024-11-27T17:53:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T01:53:38","slug":"correspondence-abortion-law-reform-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=17264","title":{"rendered":"(Correspondence) Abortion law reform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wilfrid Mills<\/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><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The controversy regarding reform of the laws relating to deliberate termination of pregnancy has not yet been resolved within the medical profession, nor does there appear to have been any statement from a body of practising gynaecologists on their personal attitude to this matter. It was in order to test such an opinion that my colleague Mr. G. S. Lester and I circulated the memorandum which appears below to the practising gynaecologists among the Fellows and Members of the Birmingham and Midland Gynaecological and Obstetrical Society asking for their comments. . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Mills W.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/instance\/1843718\/pdf\/brmedj02536-0077b.pdf\">(Correspondence) Abortion law reform.<\/a>\u00a0 Br Med J. 1966 February 5; 1(5483): 355<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wilfrid Mills Extract The controversy regarding reform of the laws relating to deliberate termination of pregnancy has not yet been resolved within the medical profession, nor does there appear to have been any statement from a body of practising gynaecologists on their personal attitude to this matter. 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