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Mail: Cross party bid to tighten abortion laws

Published: 29 March 2011

Britain’s abortion laws would be tightened for the first time in more than 20 years under cross-party proposals to be unveiled today. Senior MPs, including former Labour minister Frank Field and Conservative Nadine Dorries, a former nurse, will attempt to change the law so that women must be referred to an independent therapist for counselling before they can have a termination.

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The Telegraph: MPs launch bid to cut abortion rate

Published: 26 March 2011

MPs launch new bid to cut abortion rate: The number of abortions carried out would fall under new laws to be proposed in Parliament next week, campaigners have claimed.

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The Right to Know Campaign was formed to support an amendment to the Health and Social Care Bill to ensure that women considering an abortion would be guaranteed access to independent information and advice from someone who had no vested financial interest in the outcome of their decision. We are pleased that the subject of independent abortion counselling is now to be subject to a government consultation.

 
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