An update on issues relating to abortion,
produced for bpas
 
UK abortion law
 
  10 October 2008

Abortion law amendment proposes mandatory counselling

MPs Angela Watkinson, Ann Widdecombe and others have tabled an amendment to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, proposing that women seeking abortion are given ‘a suitable opportunity to receive counselling’, and ‘a description of … the potential post-termination physical, psychological and psychiatric risks associated with the termination of pregnancy’. 

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  3 October 2008

Row over Catholics and abortion law

The Archbishop of Cardiff has called upon Catholics to oppose plans to liberalise the abortion laws, to criticism from pro-choice advocates.

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  5 August 2008

Review Northern Ireland law, says UN Committee

The UN Committee on the Elimination for Discrimination Against Women has repeated its call for a review of NI’s abortion law through public consultation. 

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23 July 2008

Extend Abortion Act to Northern Ireland, say MPs

MPs have tabled an amendment to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill to give women in Northern Ireland the same abortion rights as in Britain.

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11 July 2008

Parliamentary debate on abortion law put back until Autumn

The third reading of the controversial Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill has been delayed for three months.

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  9 July 2008

Parliamentary debate on modernising the 1967 Abortion Act

As the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill reaches Report Stage, a cross-party group of MPs proposes ending the two-doctor rule, expanding the role of nurses, and permitting home use of misoprostol in EMA. 

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22 May 2008

Abortion in Britain: the debate must go on

Ann Furedi, chief executive of BPAS, welcomes British MPs’ defence of the 24-week time limit, but says much more can be done to free up and streamline abortion services. 

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