We've all got our own views on the recent much publicised case of a
woman who has had one of the twins she was expecting terminated as she
felt that although she could cope with one more child she couldn't cope
with two.Is there a technical legal problem here? We sign the green
forms making an assessment about the relative risks of the pregnancy
continuing or not-not about the pregnancy being "altered" for want of a
better phrase.I'm not banging any kind of drum but I think the group's
views would be interesting.
Best wishes,
Peter Glover
Church View Surgery
Rayleigh,Essex
One of the arguments for NHS abortions was always that if it wasn't
available from the state, back street abortions would flourish with
the associated morbidity and mortality from septic complications.
Clearly, this arguement would not neccessarily hold in the above case
as the skills for a selective abortion would be unlikely to exist
outside a major teaching hospital.
I think this makes the intended selective abortion seem much more "clinical"
and "Doctor managed" and is the reason why there is so much controversy.
Sanath Yogasundram MRCGP
Locum GP
Peterborough
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