“Plans to overhaul Britain’s fertility laws have been held up by political squabbling over abortion rights, the head of the country’s fertility watchdog said yesterday.”
The Guardian, 14th October 2008
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“A cross-party group of MPs will attempt next week to end the requirement for a second doctor to give their approval for an abortion to take place.”
BBC News, 8th July 2008
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“The upper time limit for abortions will remain at 24 weeks after MPs voted against proposals to reduce it.”
BBC News, 21st May 2008
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“As MPs prepare to debate the upper time limit for abortions, what is the debate about and what are the current rules?”
BBC News, 20th May 2008
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“MPs will today begin a two-day debate that will affect the future of embryo research, IVF treatment and abortion.”
The Guardian, 19th May 2008
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“Dawn Primarolo, the Public Health minister, has accused MPs campaigning for a stricter law on abortion of having a hidden agenda which aims ultimately to prevent all terminations.”
The Independent, 19th May 2008
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“An attempt to lower the legal abortion time limit will be opposed by Gordon Brown during next week’s vote on the issue.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th May 2008
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“MPs will reject demands for tighter controls on abortion but are ready to allow new laws pushing back the boundary of research on human embryos, according to a survey carried out by the Guardian.”
The Guardian, 12th May 2008
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“A consultation is to be launched over whether to relax abortion rules by allowing terminations outside hospital settings in England, ministers say.”
BBC News, 7th May 2008
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“The Law may be changed to allow ‘abortion on request’ by ending the need for doctors to give permission for a termination, it has been disclosed.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th April 2008
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“On this day (27th April) in 1968, British women were liberated from the dangers of back-street procedures.”
The Independent, 27th April 2008
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“A businessman with an irrational fear of becoming a father has been jailed for almost four years after he laced his wife’s breakfast with abortion pills in an attempt to make her lose their unborn baby.”
The Independent, 1st March 2008
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“The former spokesman for the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales was ‘robbed of his moral authority’ by a newspaper article which accused him of hypocrisy over abortion, the high court heard yesterday.”
The Guardian, 19th February 2008
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“Women could have abortions in doctors’ surgeries under proposals being considered by the Department of Health, it has emerged.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th December 2007
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“Pregnant women who find out that their baby has a serious disability would no longer be able to have an abortion under amendments to the law tabled in Parliament yesterday.”
The Times, 1st December 2007
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“Three-dimensional images of a foetus ‘walking’ in the womb are to be shown to MPs and peers by a cross-party alliance of campaigners in an attempt to persuade the House of Lords to tighten the law on abortion.”
The Independent, 10th November 2007
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“Labour and Conservative MPs are preparing to unite in a cross-party attempt to restrict access to abortion in Britain, The Daily Telegraph has learned.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th November 2007
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“There is no reason why women seeking an abortion should need the approval of two doctors, a group of MPs has said.”
BBC News, 31st October 2007
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“Forty years after the Abortion Act came into effect, terminations in Britain are running at 450 a day.”
BBC News, 28th October 2007
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“The most extensive liberalisation of abortion laws for 40 years is being planned by MPs, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 25th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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