Friday, 24 October 2008
- President's welcome
Christian Fiala (Österreich) - Welcome adress
Dr. Benjamin-Immanuel Hoff, Permanent Secretary, Senate Department for Health, the Environment and Consumer Protection of the Berlin county - Parliamentarians' responsibility for reproductive health
→ Christine McCAFFERTY, Member of Parliament, United Kingdom
Plenary Session 1: Society’s Responsibilities for Reproductive Health
Chair: Mirella. Parachini (Italy), Sybill Schulz (Germany)
- Access to safe legal abortion in developing countries (PDF)
Monica Roa (Columbia) - Society’s responsibility to provide safe abortion care (PDF)
Ann Furedi (UK) → Abstract-Textbook - Society’s responsibility to provide a legal setting (PDF)
Christian Fiala (Austria) → Abstract-Textbook - What happens if society opts out?
Vicki Saporta, (USA) → Abstract-Textbook
Plenary Session 2: Benefits and risks of abortion
Chair: Elisabeth Aubény (France), André Seidenberg (Switzerland)
- Physiological and reproductive outcomes (PDF)
Michel Tournaire (France) → Abstract-Textbook - Outcomes for women based on psychological background (PDF)
Sharon Cameron (Scotland) → Abstract-Textbook - Consequences of unwanted childbirth: Outcomes for women and unwanted children (PDF)
Catherine Bonnet (France) → Abstract-Textbook - Psychological impacts on men (PDF)
Ann Lalos (Sweden) → Abstract-Textbook
Workshop 1 Induced abortion
Chair: Gabriele Halder (Germany), John Spencer (UK)
- Experiences of health care professionals (PDF1 or PDF2)
André Seidenberg (Switzerland) → Abstract-Textbook - Needs of health care professionals (PDF)
Marijke Alblas (Southafrika) - Should gynaecologists be obliged to perform abortions? (PDF)
Marc Bygdeman (Sweden) → Abstract-Textbook - Risk management in abortion care (PDF)
Sam Rowlands (Großbritannien) → Abstract-Textbook
Workshop 2 Immigrant women
Chair: Olga Loeber (Netherlands), Giovanna Scasselatti (Italy)
- Immigrant women and contraception: Meeting the challenges
Cornelia Helfferich (Germany) → Abstract-Textbook - Problems in abortion care for immigrants in Spain
Marta Okelly (Spain) - An area-based study in central Italy (PDF)
Sara Farchi (Italy) - Abortion in women after female genital mutilation (FGM)
Sabine Müller (Germany) → Abstract-Textbook
Workshop 3 How to change restrictive laws
Chair: Maria Frances (Netherlands), Joyce Arthur (Canada)
- Different strategies to legalize abortion: Successes and lessons from:
Portugal: Duarte Vilar (PDF) → Abstract-Textbook
Mexico: Luisa Sanchez Fuentes (PDF) → Abstract-Textbook
Columbia: Monica Roa → Abstract-Textbook
Switzerland: Anne-Marie Rey (PDF) → Abstract-Textbook - Do we need a law at all? Experiences from Canada
Joyce Arthur → Abstract-Textbook
Arbeitskreis 4 Emergency contraception
Chair: Elisabeth Aubény (France), Silvio Viale (Italy)
- Methods – What’s new? (PDF)
Linan Cheng (China) → Abstract-Textbook - Mode of action: No evidence for effect post-fertilization
Kristina Gemzell (Sweden) → Abstract-Textbook - Is there a reduction in abortion rates (PDF)
Sharon Cameron (Scotland) → Abstract-Textbook - Experiences with over-the-counter access (PDF)
Ulla Ollendorff (Norway) - Experiences with prescription-only access (PDF)
Ines Thonke (Germany) → Abstract-Textbook
Plenary Session 3: Second trimester abortion
Chair: Marc Bygdeman (Sweden), Blanka Kothe (Germany)
- Medical methods: Advantages and disadvantages
Kristina Gemzell (Sweden) → Abstract-Textbook - Surgical methods: Advantages and disadvantages (PDF)
Josep Carbonell (Spain) - Overview of current laws in Europe (PDF)
Hans-Georg Koch (Germany) - Consequences of the laws for women and political challenges in Europe (PDF)
Marge Berer (UK) → Abstract-Textbook
FIAPAC General Assembly
Galadinner in the Red Town Hall→ 'Rotes Rathaus'

