Diane Abbott has resigned from a cross-party group on counselling given to pregnant women by abortion providers, criticising it as a “front” for those who want it outlawed, BBC News Online reports.
The Government is pressing ahead with changes that could see women considering abortion given the right to ‘independent counselling’ - despite publicly backing down last year, the Sunday Telegraph reports.
Women who have an abortion should not be forced to undergo mandatory counselling before the procedure, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) has said in new guidance.
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