Peter Diggory
Dr Peter Lionel Carr Diggory (6 January 1924 – 22 November 2009) was an English gynaecologist and one of the first to support calls for the legalisation of
Biography
Diggory was born in
He became a consultant gynaecologist at Queen Charlotte's and Westminster hospitals, where he came to support legalising abortion. At Kingston hospital, where he was appointed a consultant in 1961, he was responsible the care of the 400 women admitted each year suffering from the complications arising from illegal abortions. In a study published in The Lancet, based on 1,000 histories, he was able to demonstrate the potential safety of abortion.[2] David Steel's Private Member's Bill was introduced to Parliament in 1966 and Diggory was involved in the campaign supporting it.
He later became a consultant at The Royal Marsden and Kingston hospitals, specialising in cancer surgery.
His books included Abortion (co-written with Malcolm Potts and John Peel, 1977) and the second edition of Textbook of Contraceptive Practice (co-written with Potts, 1983; long the key textbook in the field).
In his final years, he had vascular dementia and he would die of heart failure.[3]
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