{"id":17272,"date":"1966-07-02T12:21:00","date_gmt":"1966-07-02T19:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=17272"},"modified":"2024-11-25T12:30:18","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T20:30:18","slug":"summary-of-memorandum-by-r-m-p-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=17272","title":{"rendered":"Summary of memorandum by R.M.P.A"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">British Medical Journal<\/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 Royal Medico-Psychological Association issued last month a memorandum on possible changes in the law relating to therapeutic abortion. Emphasizing that it would be opposed to legislation which might bring pressure on an individual doctor to act contrary to his conscience, the memorandum states that the Royal Medico-Psychological Association has approached the problem of therapeutic abortion with the firm view that, in addition to traditionally accepted medical and psychiatric criteria, all social circumstances should be taken into account. . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/instance\/1942967\/pdf\/brmedj02348-0072.pdf\">Summary of memorandum by R.M.P.A.<\/a> Br Med J. 1966 July 2; 2(5504): 44<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Medical Journal Extract The Royal Medico-Psychological Association issued last month a memorandum on possible changes in the law relating to therapeutic abortion. 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