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No sign of abortion amendment

bbc.co.uk
20-May-2008
        
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Our four main party leaders have signed a letter condemning it, and our four main church leaders have backed them, but today, as MPs debate the time limits for abortion, there is no sign of any Westminster amendment intended to extend the 1967 Abortion Act to Northern Ireland. Yesterday the... [read full story]                    

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MPs to vote on abortion time limit tonight

guardian.co.uk
20-May-2008
        

MPs will tonight vote on whether to cut the 24-week abortion limit. However, anti-abortion campaigners believe that their best chance of getting the Commons to vote against 24 weeks – which has been the upper limit since 1990 - will come when MPs consider an amendment suggesting 20 weeks as an...

MPs to vote on abortion time limit

guardian.co.uk
20-May-2008
        

MPs will tonight vote on whether to cut the 24-week abortion limit. However, anti-abortion campaigners believe that their best chance of getting the Commons to vote against 24 weeks – which has been the upper limit since 1990 - will come when MPs consider an amendment suggesting 20 weeks as an...

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MPs vote on abortion limit

manchesteronline.co.uk
20-May-2008
        

MPS vote today on the time limit for abortion, after approving plans for human-animal embryos. They will have a free vote on the highly emotive issue of reducing the limit from 24 weeks. An amendment calls for a change in the law to reduce the limit to 20 weeks. But there have been calls for the...

                   

After allowing stem cells, British MPs vote on abortion

indiaenews.com
20-May-2008
        

By Dipankar De Sarkar. London, England, 04:39 PM IST British MPs were Tuesday voting on whether to cut the upper time-limit for abortions after overturning an attempt to ban cutting-edge medical research. MPs Monday night defeated amendments seeking to ban hybrid human-animal embryos needed for...

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British MPs to vote on abortion limits

rte.ie
20-May-2008
        

MPs at Westminster will vote this evening on whether or not to reduce the upper 24-week time limit for a legal abortion in Britain. Last night they voted to allow the creation of hybrid human-animal embryos for medical research. Around 200,000 legal abortions are carried out on women in Britain...

Bill considers abortion curbs

channel4.com
20-May-2008
        

Last Modified: 20 May 2008 By: Sue Turton The Commons debate on the embryo bill today moves on to discuss two key areas for women's rights campaigners. Women's rights campaigners are joining gay groups in pressing for the removal of the requirement for fertility clinics to consider the need for...

                   

MP's To Vote On Abortion Laws

4ni.co.uk
20-May-2008
        

MP's will vote on cutting abortion time limits today in parliament.The vote follows a debate yesterday, which centred around scientists being permitted to conduct research on hybrid human animal embryos.Last night MP's voted by 336 to 176 against a ban on such research in a free vote.An amendment...

MPs to vote on abortion time limit

reuters.com
20-May-2008
        

By Tim Castle LONDON (Reuters) - Anti-abortionist MPs will try to reduce the time limit for abortions from 24 weeks on Tuesday as parliament debates for a second day far-reaching changes to fertility legislation. MPs have submitted various amendments calling for the limit to be reduced to as low...

Abortion time limits

bbc.co.uk
20-May-2008
        

Three cabinet ministers voted yesterday to ban research on hybrid (human-animal) embryos: Des Browne, Ruth Kelly and Paul Murphy. All three are committed Catholics and have made their views known previously on what they see as an attack on the sanctity of the embryo. The Northern Ireland...

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MPs to vote on cutting the abortion time limit from 24 weeks

timesonline.co.uk
20-May-2008
        

MPs will have the chance to vote tonight on whether the time limit for abortions should be lowered from 24 weeks. Today the focus turns to abortion, as MPs debate amendments calling for the time limit for abortions to be cut. The most prominent amendment has been tabled by Nadine Dorries, a Tory...

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