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
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This bill would change abortion law by shortening the legal window for a termination from 24 weeks to 20 weeks, introducing a cooling-off period after the first contact with a medical practitioner, and requiring counselling on the medical risks of abortion and on bringing the pregnancy to term as part of informed consent. It also covers related provisions under the bill.
The bill is at the second reading stage in the House of Commons. Its first reading took place in December 2006, and it originated in the Commons.
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18 Dec 2006
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