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Abortion
UK sources of information and / or support
Abortion
Policy and information on abortion from the Department of Health
CARE Confidential
For free, confidential advice if facing an unplanned pregnancy or dealing with post abortion concerns.
Life
Provide a nationwide care service for pregnant women, unsupported mothers, women with problems relating to pregnancy, fertility or infertility, or suffering from the effects of abortion.
Preghelp.org.uk
Advice and information on all aspects of pregnancy. Their National Hotline is staffed by counsellors who are there to listen to your problems, not to judge.
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Their website has a section aimed at the general public. All the information on this section comes from up-to-date and carefully-checked guidance for doctors, but it's been written in a way that makes it clearer for the non-medical person. Includes a leaflet on abortion care.
DIPEx
DIPEx (Database of Individual Patient Experiences) is an Oxford based registered charity. It is a database of audio, video and transcript of interviews with patients experiencing a particular illness or health problem. Includes a module on ending a pregnancy for fetal abnormality.
Women's Health London
Women's Health London, an organisation dedicated to promoting informed choices, provide a booklet on abortion and the choices available.
See also our contraception page of links, our medical ethics page of links, and our pregnancy page of links
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.
- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.
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Medline
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