New abortion debates loom in British Parliament
London, Jul. 8, 2008 (CWNews.com) - The British Parliament will see efforts both to tighten and to ease the country's abortion law when the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill comes up for discussion again next week, the BBC reports.
Parliament voted in May against an effort to ban abortions after the first 20 weeks of pregnancy, leaving intact the current 24-week limit. Pro-life lawmakers will test that issue again, with amendments that would drop the limit to 20 or 22 weeks.
Meanwhile other legislators are planning to introduce different amendments that would: drop the requirement for two different doctors to approve an abortion, authorize nurses to perform some abortions, and allow women to take abortifacient drugs outside doctors' offices.
London, Jul. 8, 2008 (CWNews.com) - The British Parliament will see efforts both to tighten and to ease the country's abortion law when the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill comes up for discussion again next week, the BBC reports.
Parliament voted in May against an effort to ban abortions after the first 20 weeks of pregnancy, leaving intact the current 24-week limit. Pro-life lawmakers will test that issue again, with amendments that would drop the limit to 20 or 22 weeks.
Meanwhile other legislators are planning to introduce different amendments that would: drop the requirement for two different doctors to approve an abortion, authorize nurses to perform some abortions, and allow women to take abortifacient drugs outside doctors' offices.
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