Professor Sally Sheldon
BA (Hons), PhD
Current positions
Professor of Law
University of Bristol Law School
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Research interests
Sally's research interests are primarily in health care law and ethics and the legal regulation of gender, with a particular focus on abortion law. She has recently completed two AHRC-funded projects: ‘How Can a State Control Swallowing?’ Medical Abortion and the Law, and ‘The Abortion Act (1967): a Biography’.
Publications
Recent publications
31/01/2025A descriminalização do aborto
Direito Público
Attitudes towards the regulation and provision of abortion among healthcare professionals in Britain
BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health
“I'm Pregnant, What Do I Do?”
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
Clinically unjustified and outdated restrictions on contragestives mean that fertility services are failing women in Britain
BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health
Methodological report of a cross-sectional survey of abortion-related knowledge, attitudes and practices amongst health professionals in Britain, strategies adopted and lessons learned
BMC Health Services Research