Category: abortion

“The 40th anniversary of the 1967 Abortion Act will be marked this week with a fresh battle over the issue. On Wednesday, Dawn Primarolo, the Public Health minister, will tell a Commons committee investigating whether the law needs to be changed that she has had no scientific evidence to support a lowering of the upper time limit for abortion from 24 weeks.”

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The Independent, 22nd October 2007

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“More than 100 babies with minor disabilities, such as a cleft palate or club foot, were aborted in one area of England in a three-year period, statistics reveal.”

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Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2007

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“An influential inquiry into the future of Britain’s abortion laws will begin today amid controversy over an apparent attempt by faith-based organisations to skew the balance of evidence presented to the committee of MPs.”

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The Guardian, 15th October 2007

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“Women should no longer have to obtain the signatures of two doctors to have an early abortion, and the upper time limit for the procedure should remain at 24 weeks, doctors’ leaders said yesterday.”

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The Guardian, 11th October 2007

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“Pro-choice campaigners are planning to use an international conference this autumn to urge legal change to ease restrictions governing abortion in Britain.”

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The Guardain, 27th August 2007

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“Nurses and midwives should be allowed to perform early abortions, doctors will say next week.”

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Daily Telegraph, 23rd June 2007

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“MPs are to launch an inquiry into the impact of scientific developments on abortion law, including whether medical advances in the care of very premature babies mean the 24-week time limit should be reduced.”

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The Guardian, 21st June 2007

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“An increasingly bitter debate as the Abortion Act marks its 40th year looks set to be reignited on Tuesday when the government publishes annual figures for the number of terminations.”

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Reuters, 12th June 2007

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“Pro-abortion MPS are preparing for a bitter political battle in an attempt to bring in termination on demand in the first three months of pregnancy.”

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The Guardian, 10th June 2007

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“Women seeking an abortion could be forced to receive counselling under proposals being considered at Westminster today.”

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The Guardian, 5th June 2007

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“Both sides in the battle over abortion rights are gearing up for a test of strength in parliament to see which of them has the political muscle either to liberalise David Steel’s 40-year-old legislation or to curb what opponents of abortion call ‘two Dunblane massacres a day’.”

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The Guardian, 4th June 2007

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“A woman who had a backstreet abortion when she was seven-and-a-half months pregnant was convicted on a rare charge of child destruction yesterday.”

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Daily Telegraph, 27th May 2007

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“Abortion laws will be subjected to the first parliamentary review for 17 years as a result of draft legislation on human embryology to be published today.”

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Daily Telegraph, 17th May 2007

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