Sensible reforms to abortion services
The Commons science and technology committee has reported, and has made some excellent practical recommendations:
- only one doctor should be required to refer for an abortion
- 24-week legal limit for an abortion remains
- nurses should be able to carry out early abortions
- the second of the two pills for early medical abortions should be able to be taken at home
Let’s hope these recommendations are taken up by the Department of Health.
What a pleasant surprise. Didn’t expect they would cave in on the 24 weeks issue, but wasn’t expecting the other recommendations in the current climate. It’s nice when the minority of crackpots with the resources, time and contacts to shout the loudest are ignored for once.
Ah, three cheers for lovely Evan!
Presumably you’ll be retracting this?
http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2005/07/19/why-people-should-have-voted-for-me/
: )
Yes - to be fair, Evan Harris played a blinder - he argues the pro-choice line very well and clearly had the aim of bringing some necessary progressive suggestions on to the agenda.
The anti-abortion contingent are so inept, though. The two Tory MP’s they chose to represent their case are both utterly risible.
Dr Pat - no, I stand by my position: it’s not massively unhelpful to reopen a debate that is won in order to give those who oppose you masses of time and space to put their case, and risk losing all over again unneccessarily.
You ‘pro-murder’ campaigners are no better than Ian Huntley and Myra Hindley.
C4, that is possibly the most ridiculous comment I have read on a blog for some time.
But it’s the TRUTH!!!
Don’t piss me off lefty because I’m not in the mood.
Oh, poor C4! I imagine looking after all those unwanted babies you’ve adopted must be tiring.
Here, have a hug from me.
Hug.
But that’s enough from me, now go, quickly, there’s children to be looked after……….