‘Two hundred women in the UK who claim they were left in pain after having a permanent contraception device fitted, can now take group legal action through the courts, against its manufacturer.’
BBC News, 5th September 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A judgment published this week on BAILII, Re Z, also, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v Z (by her litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) [2020] EWCOP 20, is notable on two counts. First, that the case is described by the judge, Knowles J, as being held in public, although it was in fact a remote online hearing. Second, that “Z”, the 22 year old woman at the centre of the case had asked to be able to join the hearing but this had not been arranged.’
Transparency Project, 25th April 2020
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘A young woman with learning difficulties should not be told she was covertly fitted with a contraceptive device as it would ruin her trust in her carers, a court has ruled.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th October 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An advert on Facebook for an app that provides a natural alternative to contraception has been banned by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority.’
BBC News, 29th August 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A doctor could face a disciplinary hearing for failing to spot the side effects of the contraceptive pill, as a coroner rules a graduate’s death could have been prevented if he had seen the signs.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th July 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The most senior family judge in England and Wales has supported the provision of contraception to parents who have large numbers of children taken into care.’
The Guardian, 10th June 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Mistakes by GPs when fitting contraceptive coils have led to women unexpectedly becoming pregnant and suffering womb damage.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Doctors who refuse to give contraceptives to unmarried women or carry out sex change operations face being struck off under new guidelines.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Nearly £200,000 in compensation has been paid to women who have become pregnant or been hurt after they were fitted with a popular contraceptive implant.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th January 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A judge has criticised a council for trying to have contraception forced upon a woman with a low IQ, warning that the move had ‘shades of social engineering’.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th August 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), the new industry regulator, has clarified guidelines in the revised code, which states that staff can opt out of handing out the pill or the morning after pill.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Campaigners today accused the government of performing a U-turn over sex education in faith schools, after changes to a bill they said would allow the schools to discourage the use of contraception and teach that homosexuality is wrong.”
The Guardian, 18th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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