Foetal protection laws carry health risks for both mothers and babies.
- Associate Professor in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, Durham University
English and Welsh governments are consulting the public about whether they should revoke temporary abortion rules.
A court has ruled that pre-existing mental health problems can be taken into account.
The killing of a newborn baby by its mother is the most shocking of crimes - but more needs to be done to understand the mental condition of the women that do it.
Too often, the moral character of women who commit neonaticide plays a part in their trial.
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