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Editorial
. 2017 May 16:357:j2237.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.j2237.

Abortion by telemedicine: an equitable option for Irish women

Wendy V Norman  1 , Bernard M Dickens  2
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Editorial

Abortion by telemedicine: an equitable option for Irish women

Wendy V Norman et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Reassuring study data support growing calls for reform

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood the BMJ policy on declaration of interests and declare the following interests: WVN holds a chair in family planning applied public health research funded by the government of Canada through the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, as well as a career scholar award from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, is a member of the board of directors of the Society of Family Planning, the Society of Family Planning Research Fund, and the North American Primary Care Research Group; has served as an expert witness in court, and is chair for the section of research of the College of Family Physicians of Canada.

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