Is current practice around late termination of pregnancy eugenic and discriminatory? Maternal interests and abortion

Julian Savulescu

doi:10.1136/jme.27.3.165

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Is current practice around late termination of pregnancy eugenic and discriminatory? Maternal interests and abortion

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	Abstract	Full	Pdf
May 2001	5	10	5
Jun 2001	25	99	32
Jul 2001	41	60	7
Aug 2001	28	37	6
Sep 2001	38	35	4
Oct 2001	52	50	6
Nov 2001	56	37	3
Dec 2001	43	26	1
Jan 2002	52	28	3
Feb 2002	36	29	7
Mar 2002	54	52	2
Apr 2002	69	38	6
May 2002	45	26	4
Jun 2002	25	17	4
Jul 2002	31	13	5
Aug 2002	19	11	3
Sep 2002	22	19	5
Oct 2002	21	12	1
Nov 2002	42	28	10
Dec 2002	13	5	1
Jan 2003	18	20	2
Feb 2003	21	14	2
Mar 2003	33	28	13
Apr 2003	16	14	4
May 2003	10	15	8
Jun 2003	16	16	4
Jul 2003	35	55	4
Aug 2003	45	18	2
Sep 2003	35	18	5
Oct 2003	36	91	4
Nov 2003	74	40	7
Dec 2003	45	25	9
Jan 2004	39	154	7
Feb 2004	47	118	12
Mar 2004	40	42	10
Apr 2004	47	24	12
May 2004	67	48	6
Jun 2004	72	58	8
Jul 2004	66	58	19
Aug 2004	52	50	14
Sep 2004	82	82	20
Oct 2004	92	74	49
Nov 2004	85	83	37
Dec 2004	42	54	28
Jan 2005	61	74	25
Feb 2005	81	97	61
Mar 2005	65	89	55
Apr 2005	47	67	43
May 2005	57	86	39
Jun 2005	30	57	21
Jul 2005	31	37	25
Aug 2005	37	40	20
Sep 2005	46	47	32
Oct 2005	43	71	26
Nov 2005	66	74	26
Dec 2005	44	42	17
Jan 2006	42	72	28
Feb 2006	61	85	43
Mar 2006	52	107	28
Apr 2006	50	58	30
May 2006	86	66	27
Jun 2006	31	37	15
Jul 2006	47	49	18
Aug 2006	41	44	22
Sep 2006	41	99	21
Oct 2006	61	130	23
Nov 2006	45	161	31
Dec 2006	41	151	29
Jan 2007	33	176	17
Feb 2007	56	162	30
Mar 2007	72	178	47
Apr 2007	110	32	26
May 2007	100	30	23
Jun 2007	103	23	24
Jul 2007	69	20	16
Aug 2007	76	24	15
Sep 2007	66	29	19
Oct 2007	79	23	36
Nov 2007	72	20	18
Dec 2007	47	14	10
Jan 2008	41	16	18
Feb 2008	75	36	19
Mar 2008	83	44	33
Apr 2008	90	46	46
May 2008	70	32	31
Jun 2008	86	18	6
Jul 2008	80	17	9
Aug 2008	104	22	10
Sep 2008	115	22	17
Oct 2008	129	17	21
Nov 2008	125	18	8
Dec 2008	85	15	8
Jan 2009	71	13	11
Feb 2009	112	21	14
Mar 2009	137	48	42
Apr 2009	97	41	39
May 2009	72	7	17
Jun 2009	87	11	10
Jul 2009	64	11	9
Aug 2009	71	9	10
Sep 2009	84	24	16
Oct 2009	115	21	16
Nov 2009	100	22	30
Dec 2009	51	6	9
Jan 2010	52	13	16
Feb 2010	72	7	5
Mar 2010	87	14	14
Apr 2010	72	24	21
May 2010	69	27	17
Jun 2010	45	13	11
Jul 2010	47	11	18
Aug 2010	50	9	7
Sep 2010	38	20	7
Oct 2010	96	40	18
Nov 2010	82	27	11
Dec 2010	63	11	5
Jan 2011	50	13	15
Feb 2011	70	23	25
Mar 2011	80	23	15
Apr 2011	57	13	13
May 2011	60	17	22
Jun 2011	47	3	6
Jul 2011	25	7	3
Aug 2011	47	9	9
Sep 2011	31	10	8
Oct 2011	80	11	8
Nov 2011	60	29	28
Dec 2011	32	32	21
Jan 2012	69	48	16
Feb 2012	54	39	19
Mar 2012	214	34	35
Apr 2012	93	56	48
May 2012	57	28	43
Jun 2012	59	21	35
Jul 2012	42	24	18
Aug 2012	28	34	24
Sep 2012	61	31	26
Oct 2012	100	28	29
Nov 2012	108	44	40
Dec 2012	65	19	22
Jan 2013	91	42	26
Feb 2013	74	38	41
Mar 2013	123	63	69
Apr 2013	126	65	54
May 2013	76	47	52
Jun 2013	36	27	31
Jul 2013	31	9	30
Aug 2013	36	16	22
Sep 2013	42	9	20
Oct 2013	78	20	43
Nov 2013	97	40	40
Dec 2013	55	35	31
Jan 2014	42	24	32
Feb 2014	53	27	27
Mar 2014	144	45	58
Apr 2014	80	23	45
May 2014	72	31	36
Jun 2014	52	33	22
Jul 2014	80	33	24
Aug 2014	36	34	16
Sep 2014	42	30	14
Oct 2014	54	33	26
Nov 2014	64	36	13
Dec 2014	39	26	15
Jan 2015	46	15	15
Feb 2015	55	49	36
Mar 2015	71	22	25
Apr 2015	68	37	18
May 2015	59	38	22
Jun 2015	29	16	7
Jul 2015	22	8	11
Aug 2015	26	12	5
Sep 2015	42	18	9
Oct 2015	31	19	9
Nov 2015	65	38	18
Dec 2015	21	32	15
Jan 2016	48	27	18
Feb 2016	39	19	11
Mar 2016	71	181	23
Apr 2016	86	46	34
May 2016	34	29	11
Jun 2016	28	26	8
Jul 2016	31	20	6
Aug 2016	24	10	4
Sep 2016	41	21	13
Oct 2016	53	43	16
Nov 2016	47	28	6
Dec 2016	35	27	16
Jan 2017	31	28	14
Feb 2017	28	22	21
Mar 2017	30	40	16
Apr 2017	30	51	13
May 2017	24	59	16
Jun 2017	25	25	9
Jul 2017	32	20	17
Aug 2017	45	30	9
Sep 2017	70	44	15
Oct 2017	81	53	14
Nov 2017	110	76	14
Dec 2017	310	272	10
Jan 2018	377	349	19
Feb 2018	232	206	13
Mar 2018	263	199	12
Apr 2018	214	172	23
May 2018	156	123	24
Jun 2018	86	65	3
Jul 2018	59	45	14
Aug 2018	124	104	12
Sep 2018	118	80	14
Oct 2018	135	121	8
Nov 2018	187	133	29
Dec 2018	156	144	11
Jan 2019	192	162	13
Feb 2019	217	188	11
Mar 2019	107	107	35
Apr 2019	74	74	38
May 2019	65	64	24
Jun 2019	66	64	17
Jul 2019	81	64	18
Aug 2019	102	80	40
Sep 2019	83	62	23
Oct 2019	112	68	32
Nov 2019	135	83	32
Dec 2019	159	107	19
Jan 2020	142	114	21
Feb 2020	125	101	24
Mar 2020	125	106	28
Apr 2020	163	131	29
May 2020	110	91	23
Jun 2020	143	126	15
Jul 2020	120	101	12
Aug 2020	123	91	18
Sep 2020	128	100	11
Oct 2020	158	135	16
Nov 2020	155	109	20
Dec 2020	161	129	22
Jan 2021	71	56	13
Feb 2021	127	85	24
Mar 2021	60	34	23
Apr 2021	59	25	25
May 2021	38	24	20
Jun 2021	22	21	10
Jul 2021	16	17	17
Aug 2021	37	37	15
Sep 2021	79	79	11
Oct 2021	91	67	19
Nov 2021	133	63	41
Dec 2021	109	59	24
Jan 2022	103	51	35
Feb 2022	74	47	16
Mar 2022	105	68	25
Apr 2022	91	57	19
May 2022	112	75	35
Jun 2022	88	58	12
Jul 2022	85	61	6
Aug 2022	83	53	23
Sep 2022	78	53	25
Oct 2022	80	49	13
Nov 2022	117	67	19
Dec 2022	73	37	17
Jan 2023	97	54	27
Feb 2023	76	43	5
Mar 2023	82	34	16
Apr 2023	117	38	18
May 2023	93	43	23
Jun 2023	57	35	14
Jul 2023	69	39	17
Aug 2023	54	34	13
Sep 2023	61	43	11
Oct 2023	82	48	11
Nov 2023	97	93	10
Dec 2023	176	33	1
Jan 2024	60	9	3
Feb 2024	32	0	0
Mar 2024	89	4	3
Total	20264	14029	5207

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