Abortion Law Reform

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MPs in the UK have called for their abortion laws to be reformed, saying that women who wish to have an abortion should not have to get the approval of two doctors before being allowed to go ahead with it.

They argued that this just caused undue delay and worry in the women and heightened the stress they were under at this already stressful situation.

MPs also rejected calls to lower the 24-week legal limit for an abortion in England, Wales and Scotland.
They argued that although survival rates for babies born at 24 weeks had improved, they had not done so below that point and the chance of surviving was slim.

They said nurses and midwives with suitable training and professional guidance should not be prevented from carrying out all stages of early medical abortions, which involves the use of drugs, and early surgical abortions.

The recommendation was that just one doctor should have to sign a consent form, rather than the two currently required by the Abortion Act.

Abortion remains intensely controversial after 40 years and the figures have continued to rise. In 2006 there were almost 200,000 abortions in England and Wales with a further 13,000 in Scotland

Written by admin on October 31st, 2007 with no comments.
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