Letters: MPs must stand firm on abortion rights

guardian.co.uk     12-May-2008            

Letters: Polly Toynbee is completely right when she urges MPs to resist attempt to cut rights to abortion ... MPs must stand firm on abortion rights Polly Toynbee is completely right (Comment, May 9) when she urges MPs to resist the serious and dangerous attempt by... [read full story]                

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More underage girls - some as young as 12 - are having abortions

dailymail.co.uk     09-May-2008          

Teenagers are twice as likely as the average woman to have abortions later in the pregnancy The number of abortions among underage girls - some as young as 12 - is increasing, it emerged last night. Latest figures show 3,990 girls under 16 had an unwanted pregnancy...                

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Repeat abortions rise to record levels

telegraph.co.uk     10-May-2008          

Increasing numbers of women are having two or more abortions. ... Repeat abortions are now at record levels – in 2006, almost 60,000 were carried out on women who had previously had a termination, a rise of five per cent over two years. Almost a third of all abortions...                

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24 reasons for 24 weeks

thefword.org.uk     10-May-2008          

Penny Red and Jess have put together 24 reasons for 24 weeks in response to anti-choice MP Nadine Dorries' campaign 20 reasons for 20 weeks. Unfortunately for Dorries, who repeatedly spouts lies about the scientific evidence on foetal viability, results...                

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Why I chose abortion twice

telegraph.co.uk     10-May-2008          

Abortion is back in the news yet, understandably, many women still find it difficult to talk about. Here Lucy Cavendish - who has been through it twice - offers a candid view ... Abortion is back in the news yet, understandably, many women still find it difficult to talk...                

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Abortion: time for women to know all the facts

scotsman.com     11-May-2008          

AN MP with a cleft palate will this week attempt to introduce a change in the law that could lead to fewer abortions on the grounds of disability. ... Nick Palmer, MP for Broxtowe, wants to change this to ensure that women considering abortions because of foetal...                

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When is a life not a life?

reuters.com     12-May-2008          

Opponents of abortion are trying to lower the upper time limit for terminations from 24 weeks to as low as 13 weeks. Do you think they are right? ... The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill receives its second reading on Monday and over the next few weeks it will work...                

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