Northern Ireland’s medical profession in the twentieth-century, its practices and historical relationship with abortion legislation

Mark Benson

Northern Ireland’s medical profession in the twentieth-century, its practices and historical relationship with abortion legislation

Mark Benson

School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics

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Abstract

An examination of the ‘acceptable indications’ for legal therapeutic abortion by the medical profession in Northern Ireland between 1900 and 1968 in conjunction with the contemporaneous legislation. The paper explores the practical and ideological position local medical profession and asks whether Northern Ireland physicians could be considered different to their colleagues in Great Britain.

Original language	English
Publication status	Unpublished - 07 Aug 2014
Event	Abortion: The Unifinished Revolution. - University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada Duration: 07 Aug 2014 → 08 Aug 2014 http://projects.upei.ca/cmacquarrie/abortion-the-unfinished-revolution/

Conference

Conference	Abortion: The Unifinished Revolution.
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Charlottetown
Period	07/08/2014 → 08/08/2014
Internet address	http://projects.upei.ca/cmacquarrie/abortion-the-unfinished-revolution/

Keywords

Abortion
Medical History
Legal History
Northern Ireland

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Northern Ireland’s medical profession in the twentieth-century, its practices and historical relationship with abortion legislation

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