UK: MPs' bid to change abortion laws

[Ilsa]

MPs' bid to change abortion laws

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7494807.stm

A cross-party group of MPs will attempt next week to end the requirement for a second doctor to give their approval for an abortion to take place.

They have also put forward proposals to scrap the need for some abortion drugs to be taken on approved premises.

But when the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill returns to the Commons on Monday there will also be a fresh attempt to cut the 24 week upper limit.

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Causing delays

These include reducing the number of doctors required for approval from two to one and scrap the need for some abortion drugs to be taken on approved premises.

It would also allow nurses with relevant qualifications to carry out early stage abortions and increasing the number of places where they could be carried out.

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[ismnotwasm]

1. I hope this goes through

What a ridiculous law.

[bliss_eternal]

2. Here's hoping this passes...

...the hoops they expect a woman to jump through seem ridiculous.