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Embryo bill: The three-quarters of British women who support choice on abortion cannot afford to be complacent about their right A few days ago, I wasn't at all confident that the upper time limit for abortion - I knew that the scientific community, including the British Medical Association, the...
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British pro-lifers defeated on abortion limits, lesbian reproduction
London, May. 21, 2008 (CWNews.com) - The British Parliament has rejected efforts to tighten the limits on legal abortion, leaving intact the existing policy that allows abortion on demand through the first 24 weeks of pregnancy. In a series of votes, lawmakers turned back amendments to the...
Abortions: How your MP voted
SOUTH Essex MPs were split on a decision to reduce the time limit for abortions. Proposals to lower the abortion limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks were rejected in the House of Commons by 332 votes to 190. Rayleigh MP Mark Francois voted to reduce the time limit on abortions. He said: "I was in the...
Bishop critical of abortion decision
The Bishop of Bradford, whose granddaughter was born before 24 weeks, has said MPs made a mistake by not voting to reduce the time limit a woman can have an abortion. MPs on Tuesday threw out the first attempts for nearly 20 years to cut the 24-week time limit for abortions after a stormy debate....
Christians disappointed at abortion vote
Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2008, 20:38 (BST) Christians campaigning outside Parliament for a reduction in the upper legal abortion limit. Westminster, 20 May 2008 (Christian Today) The Evangelical Alliance has expressed sadness and concern following the House of Commons rejection last night of...
Christians disappointed with abortion vote
Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2008, 20:38 (BST) Christians campaigning outside Parliament for a reduction in the upper legal abortion limit. Westminster, 20 May 2008 (Christian Today) The Evangelical Alliance has expressed sadness and concern following the House of Commons rejection last night of...
How Lib Dem MPs voted in the abortion debate
54 Lib Dem MPs took part in last night's crucial Commons vote on whether to reduce the current 24-week limit on abortions to 22 weeks (the closest vote of the night). In what was a free vote, a majority of the party's MPs voted against any change to the current law. Here's how they [...]
Why the abortion time limit will soon come down
Sadly, the abortion vote last night pretty much split down party lines with 83 percent of Tories in favour of a lower limit and 80 percent of Labour MPs supported the 24 week status quo. It would be a disaster for British politics if abortion was to become a partisan issue—imagine the Commons...
The results of the free vote on abortion - by party
The Parliamentary Revolts website has an article up on the abortion divisions in the House of Commons yesterday. Strictly speaking, as they were free votes, MPs couldn't have 'rebelled' on them.But, in practice, the differences in the views between MPs from the two major parties are quite...
Northern Irish MPs back 12 week abortion limit, Tom Griffin
picked up a potential West Lothian issue ahead of last nights Commons vote on the Embryology Bill: One of our local MPs told me he was getting some flak from English MPs. He said they took the view that if Northern Ireland MPs wanted to interfere in the time limits for abortion in England, then...
Abortion vote: A shameful night for MPs
Damian Thompson, Daily Telegraph So infanticide remains on the statute book, then. I’m sorry if that strikes you as offensive language, but I think it’s a perfectly reasonable description of the killing of babies that stand a chance of surviving outside the womb. MPs have made a gravely immoral...
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