Chapter 8: Abortion

This is part of the online companion site to the book Medical Treatment: Decisions and the Law - The Mental Capacity Act in Action, edited by Christopher Johnston, written by members of 3 Serjeants' Inn and published by Bloomsbury Professional in 2010.

The site provides (1) updating material as it becomes available and (2) hyperlinks to website addresses given in the hard copy. The material is organised according to the book's chapter headings. Click on the chapter headings on the left-hand side to access the material for other chapters. 

Updating material    

Updating material will be added here as developments occur.

Hyperlinks

Appendix 8.9:
http://www.bma.org.uk/images/lawethicsabortionnov07_tcm41-146867.pdf
 
Appendix 8.9 - Reference 15:
British Medical Association. Abortion time limits: a briefing paper from the British Medical Association. London: BMA, 2005. Available at http://www.bma.org.uk/ethics/reproduction_genetics/Abortiontimelimit.jsp.
 
Appendix 8.9 - Reference 19:
British Medical Association. The Mental capacity Act 2005 – guidance for health professionals. London: BMA, 2007; and British Medical Association. Medical treatment for adults with incapacity: guidance on ethical and medicolegal issues in Scotland. London: BMA, 2007. Both available at http://www.bma.org.uk/ethics/index.jsp