ABORTION

abortion can be opposed on the same grounds as slavery - 2007, 158, 4
abortion grounds, suggestions for legally assessing whether these are met - 1996, 128/129, 50
Catholic Church teachings - 1968, 19, 52
conceptus, when a human person - 1974, 44, 101
decision upheld to refuse to screen ProLife Alliance Party Election Broadcast - 2003, 150, 83
dismissal following conscientious objection to - 1988, 98/99, 97
father's right to prevent, comparative position in US, UK and Australia - 1989, 102/103, 68
foetae, steps in physiological development - 1974, 42, 33
foetus and when it is considered human - 1974, 44, 121
Human Fertilisation & Embryology Bill: used to try to decrease abortion time limit - 2008, 161, 111
indirect: the act of double effect - 1968, 19, 52
injunction, no right of husband to support an - 1978, 58/59, 68
Irish anti-abortion issues before the European Court of Justice - 1992, 114/115, 126
penal theory in Spain and Germany - 1990, 104/105, 55
principles of Christian morality applied to - 1976, 51, 45
protection of life, recent legal trends - 1971, 33, 121
review of requirements of criminal statutes in civil proceedings - 1978, 58/59, 68
right to life - 1968, 19, 67
therapeutic terminations - 1978, 58/59, 81
viability, prima facie proof of, The Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929 - 1987, 94/95, 78
Abortion Act 1967
ambiguities in its scope and meaning - 1981, 68/69, 5
conscience clause - 1968, 18, 16
conscience clause and s.4(1) - 1988, 98/99, 82
doctor not forming an honest opinion - 1974, 42, 54
issues debated around its passing - 1968, 18, 4
Lane Committee examination of workings of Act - 1974, 42, 13
liability of doctors - 1968, 18, 16
strict statutory interpretation insufficient - 1982, 72/73, 2
wrongful life, whether duty to abort when foetus has serious abnormalities - 1982, 72/73, 60
Jersey
'distress', the concept of, in abortion law in Jersey (& France) - 1997, 132/133, 4
Poland
European Court rules that denying a lady abortion violated her human right to respect for private life - 2007, 158, 81
State must provide mechanism for determining conditions for obtaining lawful abortion (ECHR) - 2007, 158, 81
Republic of Ireland
X Case, the rights of the mother and the unborn - 1992, 112/113, 10
South Africa
nasciturus rule not available in the case of impending abortion - 1984, 80/81, 71
United States of America
developments in USA (1973-1989) - 1989, 102/103, 6
history of state abortion laws - 1974, 42, 19
mother's constitutional rights paramount - 1978, 58/59, 99
right of privacy - 1985, 84/85, 34
unconstitutionality of Missouri State laws - 1978, 58/59, 99

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