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David Cameron was branded ‘gutless’ by one of his own MPs yesterday for caving in to Nick Clegg over new curbs on abortions. Conservative Nadine Dorries rounded on the Prime Minister after Tory MPs were ordered to sabotage a bid to change the advice to women seeking abortions. Mrs Dorries said her proposal to amend the law to ensure women got ‘independent’ counselling instead of from abortion clinics was Mr Cameron’s idea.

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Parliamentarians should be proud of the efforts of Nadine Dorries and Frank Field. 

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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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