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The Report concluded that 'allowing and even encouraging mentally defective and mentally disordered patients' to be sterilised was a desirable approach, and that the scope of sterilisation should also be extended to people with physical disabilities. [7] [14] Its conclusions were described as the "unanimous" view of the committee. [7] [8]
Wills, D (1977). "The report of the Royal Commission on Contraception, Sterilisation and Abortion: a comparison with health professional policies". New Zealand Nursing Forum. 5 (1): 4– 6. ISSN 0110-7968. PMID 274610. Dubignon, J M (1977-10-12). "Report of the Royal Commission on contraception, sterilisation and abortion". The New Zealand ...
The Abortion Act 1967 [1] (c. 87) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that legalised abortion in Great Britain on certain grounds by registered practitioners, and regulated the tax-paid provision of such medical practices through the National Health Service (NHS).
BPAS was founded in Birmingham, England in 1968 by Diane Munday and others as the Birmingham Pregnancy Advisory Service. On the day that the Abortion Act 1967 came into force, Saturday 27 April 1968, the first patients had their consultations in the front room of the then Chairman, Dr Martin Cole. [2]
The report references the involuntary sterilization of a number of specific population groups. [citation needed] They include: Women, especially in relation to coercive population control policies, and particularly including women living with HIV, indigenous and ethnic minority girls and women. Indigenous and ethnic minority women often face ...
Reproductive sterilisation of men (vasectomy) is legal in Poland, while other sterilization methods have been defined as a criminal act since 1997 [9]: 19 and remains so as of 5 September 2019, under Article 156 §1, which also covers making someone blind, deaf or mute, of the 1997 law.
Women's health services such as Leichhardt Women's Community Health Centre which was established in 1974 [35] and was the first women's health centre established in Australia is an example of women's health approach to service delivery. [36] Women's health is an issue which has been taken up by many feminists, especially where reproductive ...
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