GB 1538 C18 - Response to Report on Non-therapeutic Abortion and Ministry of Health on the Problem of Abortion

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The record was probably removed at some stage from Sir Ewen Maclean's general correspondence as College President.
GB 1538 C18 1936-1938 Series of Joint committees and working parties of the RCOG 1 folder Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
This inquiry was set up by a committee of the Joint Council of Midwifery in 1936, with the College President, Sir Ewen Maclean, as the College's representative. In 1937 an interim report, including comments from the constituent bodies with representatives on the Midwifery committee, was forwarded to the Inter-departmental Committee on Abortion which had been set up by the Ministry of Health.

The record was probably removed at some stage from Sir Ewen Maclean's general correspondence as College President.

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Response to the Interim Report of the Joint Council of Midwifery on Non-therapeutic Abortion and Inter-departmental Committee of the Ministry of Health on the Problem of Abortion, 1936-1938.

No further accruals are expected.

Arranged in a file as given in scope and content.

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A general index to the files listed in the catalogue of the Archives of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is maintained in the College Archives; refer to the College Archivist.

RCOG Archives holds Maclean's general correspondence as President, 1935-1938 (Ref: A4/3); College correspondence and related records concerning the 1967 Abortion act (Ref: A16); Presidents' papers relating to the 1967 Act and later amendments (Refs: A4/13/8, A4/15/32 and A4/16/17-19); Other presidents' papers referring to abortion generally (Refs: A4/17/16-17, A4/21/9-13, A4/21/121, A4/21/124); Honorary secretaries' files on abortion (Refs: A7/4/3 and A7/6/7); additional records relating to the Lane committee of enquiry into the working of the 1967 Act (Ref: A3/2/3); records of a RCOG working party on unplanned pregnancy, 1969-1972 (Ref: M7); the College's record of a joint RCOG-RCGP study of attitudes to pregnancy and induced abortion, 1972-1976 (Ref: C7/2); correspondence of an Advisory Appointments Committee relating to wording of advertisements for appointments to hospitals where abortions are performed, 1977 (Ref: D1/5); records of the College's steering committee for a study into late abortion, 1981-1984 (Ref: B7E); the proceedings of a postgraduate meeting to discuss a College enquiry into late abortion, 1984 (Ref: E4/32); records of the working party on termination of pregnancy for fetal abnormality, 1995-1996 (Ref: M13); Scientific Advisory Committee published guideline on induced abortion, 1997 (Ref: B10/23/11).

Compiled by Clare Cowling, Archivist, RCOG. National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000. September 2000 Abortion Associations Birth control Family planning Joint Council of Midwifery Organizations Professional associations Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists x British College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Response to the Interim Report of the Joint Council of Midwifery on Non-therapeutic Abortion and Inter-departmental Committee of the Ministry of Health on the Problem of Abortion, 1936-1938.

No further accruals are expected.

Arranged in a file as given in scope and content.

Open.

Copyright is vested in the College.

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English.

RCOG Archives holds Maclean's general correspondence as President, 1935-1938 (Ref: A4/3); College correspondence and related records concerning the 1967 Abortion act (Ref: A16); Presidents' papers relating to the 1967 Act and later amendments (Refs: A4/13/8, A4/15/32 and A4/16/17-19); Other presidents' papers referring to abortion generally (Refs: A4/17/16-17, A4/21/9-13, A4/21/121, A4/21/124); Honorary secretaries' files on abortion (Refs: A7/4/3 and A7/6/7); additional records relating to the Lane committee of enquiry into the working of the 1967 Act (Ref: A3/2/3); records of a RCOG working party on unplanned pregnancy, 1969-1972 (Ref: M7); the College's record of a joint RCOG-RCGP study of attitudes to pregnancy and induced abortion, 1972-1976 (Ref: C7/2); correspondence of an Advisory Appointments Committee relating to wording of advertisements for appointments to hospitals where abortions are performed, 1977 (Ref: D1/5); records of the College's steering committee for a study into late abortion, 1981-1984 (Ref: B7E); the proceedings of a postgraduate meeting to discuss a College enquiry into late abortion, 1984 (Ref: E4/32); records of the working party on termination of pregnancy for fetal abnormality, 1995-1996 (Ref: M13); Scientific Advisory Committee published guideline on induced abortion, 1997 (Ref: B10/23/11).

A general index to the files listed in the catalogue of the Archives of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is maintained in the College Archives; refer to the College Archivist.

National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000.

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