TY - JOUR T1 - In this issue JF - Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care JO - J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care SP - 1 LP - 1 DO - 10.1136/jfprhc-2013-100841 VL - 40 IS - 1 A2 - , Y1 - 2014/01/01 UR - http://jfprhc.bmj.com/content/40/1/1.abstract N2 - Forty years ago, 100 American professors of obstetrics published a statement setting out the benefits that they believed legalised abortion could deliver for their nation and for its women. In 2013, 100 of their successors published a new statement surveying the current abortion situation in the USA and concluded that progress, and ultimately women's health, had been seriously impeded by political resistance. In her Commentary, Ann Furedi reviews the two American statements and argues passionately that British doctors face similar politically motivated threats to safe and supportive medical practice, reminding us that we cannot be complacent in maintaining and improving our provision of care for women with unwanted pregnancies. See page 5 Endometriosis affects up to 1 in 10 women. Although it is well known that endometriosis is associated with pelvic pain, the sexual problems from which women with endometriosis often suffer due to associated dyspareunia are not always acknowledged. Lone Hummelshoj, Secretary General of the World Endometriosis Society, and her three colleagues discuss the impact of endometriosis-associated … ER -