Outputs (8)

The Excessive Regulation of Early Abortion Medication in the United Kingdom: The Case for Reform (2021)
Journal Article
Romanis, E. C., Mullock, A., & Parsons, J. A. (2022). The Excessive Regulation of Early Abortion Medication in the United Kingdom: The Case for Reform. Medical Law Review, 30(1), 4-32. https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwab042

Early medical abortion (EMA) involves the administration of two medications—mifepristone and misoprostol—24–48 hours apart. These routinely used medications are recognised as safe and effective by the World Health Organization which recommends this c... Read More about The Excessive Regulation of Early Abortion Medication in the United Kingdom: The Case for Reform.

The case for telemedical early medical abortion in England: dispelling adult safeguarding concerns (2021)
Journal Article
Parsons, J. A., & Romanis, E. C. (2022). The case for telemedical early medical abortion in England: dispelling adult safeguarding concerns. Health Care Analysis, 30(1), 73-96. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-021-00439-9

Access to abortion care has been hugely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This has prompted several governments to permit the use of telemedicine for fully remote care pathways, thereby ensuring pregnant people are still able to access services. One... Read More about The case for telemedical early medical abortion in England: dispelling adult safeguarding concerns.

The Medicalisation of Childbirth and Access to Homebirth in the UK: COVID-19 and Beyond (2021)
Journal Article
Nelson, A., & Romanis, E. C. (2021). The Medicalisation of Childbirth and Access to Homebirth in the UK: COVID-19 and Beyond. Medical Law Review, 29(4), 661-687. https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwab040

In this article, we explore how the law has perpetuated the medicalisation of childbirth, and outline why this may limit the ability of birthing persons to access and opt for homebirth. We argue that this is inherently problematic because it restrict... Read More about The Medicalisation of Childbirth and Access to Homebirth in the UK: COVID-19 and Beyond.

Early Medical Abortion, Equality of Access, and the Telemedical Imperative (2021)
Book
Parsons, J. A., & Romanis, E. C. (2021). Early Medical Abortion, Equality of Access, and the Telemedical Imperative. Oxford University Press

Safeguarding and Teleconsultation for Abortion (2021)
Journal Article
Romanis, E. C., Parsons, J. A., Salter, I., & Hampton, T. (2021). Safeguarding and Teleconsultation for Abortion. The Lancet, 398(10299), 555-558. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736%2821%2901062-x

In response to COVID-19 and measures implemented to control virus transmission, some governments adapted abortion law and policy to ensure access to abortion care through telemedicine. In Great Britain, approval orders were issued March 30–31, 2020,... Read More about Safeguarding and Teleconsultation for Abortion.

Surrogacy and uterus transplantation using live donors: Examining the options from the perspective of ‘womb‐givers’ (2021)
Journal Article
Mullock, A., Romanis, E. C., & Begović, D. (2021). Surrogacy and uterus transplantation using live donors: Examining the options from the perspective of ‘womb‐givers’. Bioethics, 35(8), 820-828. https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.12921

For females without a functioning womb, the only way to become a biological parent is via assisted gestation—either surrogacy or uterus transplantation (UTx). This paper examines the comparative impact of these options on two types of putative ‘womb-... Read More about Surrogacy and uterus transplantation using live donors: Examining the options from the perspective of ‘womb‐givers’.

Twin pregnancy reduction is not an ‘all or nothing’ problem: a response to Räsänen (2021)
Journal Article
Begovic, D., Romanis, E. C., & Joanne Verweij, E. (2022). Twin pregnancy reduction is not an ‘all or nothing’ problem: a response to Räsänen. Journal of Medical Ethics, 48(2), 139-141. https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2021-107363

In his paper, ‘Twin pregnancy, fetal reduction and the ‘all or nothing problem’, Räsänen sets out to apply Horton’s ‘all or nothing’ problem to the ethics of multifetal pregnancy reduction from a twin to a singleton pregnancy (2-to-1 MFPR). Horton’s... Read More about Twin pregnancy reduction is not an ‘all or nothing’ problem: a response to Räsänen.

‘Abortion & "Artificial Wombs": Would ‘artificial womb’ technology legally empower non-gestating genetic progenitors to participate in decisions about how to terminate a pregnancy?' (2021)
Journal Article
Romanis, E. C. (2021). ‘Abortion & "Artificial Wombs": Would ‘artificial womb’ technology legally empower non-gestating genetic progenitors to participate in decisions about how to terminate a pregnancy?'. Journal of Law and the Biosciences, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/jlb/lsab011

‘Artificial womb’ technology is highly anticipated for the benefits it might have as an alternative to neonatal intensive care and for pregnant people. In the bioethical literature, it has been suggested that such technology will force us to rethink... Read More about ‘Abortion & "Artificial Wombs": Would ‘artificial womb’ technology legally empower non-gestating genetic progenitors to participate in decisions about how to terminate a pregnancy?'.