Abortion rights under attack
Conservative anti-abortion zealot Nadine Dorries MP is pushing for a Parliamentary showdown on abortion time limits “in May or June next year”. She got a debate in the House of Commons secondary debating chamber on 31 October, intended as a dress rehearsal for next year’s full debate and vote in Parliament. The 1967 Abortion Act legalised abortion up to 28 weeks. The time limit was eroded to the current 24 weeks in 1990. The current goal of Women’s Minister Maria Miller, Home Secretary Theresa May and Dorries herself is 20 weeks. Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has said he would favour a...