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. 1974 May;24(142):320–328.

Requests for termination of pregnancy in the East Midlands area

C P Seager, D W Cammock
PMCID: PMC2157293  PMID: 4463243

Abstract

A study was carried out of patients seeking termination of pregnancy through their general practitioners. Three quarters of these patients were recommended for termination. Of these 80 per cent did, ultimately, have the pregnancy aborted. A number of patients showed guilt feelings but anything approaching mental illness occurred in only two patients.

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