Reduce the time limit for legal terminations of pregnancy from 24 to 20 weeks; to introduce a cooling-off period after the first point of contact with a medical practitioner about a termination; to require the provision of counselling about the medical risk of, and about matters relating to, termination and bringing the pregnancy to term as a condition of informed consent to termination; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
1 November 2007
This bill would shorten the legal limit for abortion from 24 weeks to 20 weeks. It would introduce a cooling-off period after the first contact with a clinician about termination, and require counselling about medical risks and other matters related to termination and bringing a pregnancy to term as part of informed consent. It also includes other related provisions to support these changes.
The bill is currently at Second Reading in the House of Commons, and is in the early stages of passage.
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