A third of GPs to shun practices giving abortions
Posted on August 8, 2009
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GPs believe abortion rate will rise once primary care terminations permitted, GP survey shows.
A third of GPs would refuse to work in a surgery or polyclinic that offers abortions, GP can reveal.
More than half believe offering the service in primary care will increase the overall abortion rate.
Nearly half of GPs also wish to see the current 24-week limit for abortion lowered, with one in 10 calling for it to be cut to 15 weeks or less.
The findings of the GP Attitudes survey, a poll of 480 UK GPs by GP newspaper, highlight unease in general practice over its growing role in abortion care and may jeopardise DoH plans to offer early medical abortions (EMAs) in primary care.
http://www.healthcarerepublic.com/news/GP/879772/third-GPs-shun-practices-giving-abortions/
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