title: Criminal abortion. Fact or fiction?
abstract: This is a review of the current status of legal and illicit abortions in England as related to the changes brought on by the United Kingdom Abortion Act or 1968. The controversy surrounding the Act is discussed, and a review of mortality statistics is also included.
mesh_terms: D000024:Abortion, Illegal; D000029:Abortion, Legal / Q000401:mortality*; D000032:Abortion, Therapeutic / Q000401:mortality; D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D006113:United Kingdom