title: Effects of legal abortion on gynaecology.
abstract: The effect of the Abortion Act on gynaecological work in one provincial teaching hospital is that despite an increase in patient turnover of 45% the waiting list has increased by 200%. It is suggested that the Act has had little effect on the birth rate or illegitimacy and that there may have been an increase in criminal abortion.
mesh_terms: D000024:Abortion, Illegal; D000029:Abortion, Legal; D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D001723:Birth Rate; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000601:surgery; D006176:Gynecology; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007086:Illegitimacy; D011247:Pregnancy; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D000078329:Workforce