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British lawmakers vote for lower upper time limit for abortions

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May 20, 2008
        
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British lawmakers on Tuesday voted against lowering the upper time limit for abortions in the U.K. despite calls to change the regulation of pregnancy terminations for the first time in almost two decades. Jon O'Brien, president of the Washington based pro-choice advocacy group Catholics For... [read full story]                    

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British pro-lifers defeated on abortion limits, lesbian reproduction

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British pro-lifers defeated on abortion limits, lesbian reproduction

cwnews.com
May 21, 2008
        

London, May. 21, 2008 (CWNews.com) - The British Parliament has rejected efforts to tighten the limits on legal abortion, leaving intact the existing policy that allows abortion on demand through the first 24 weeks of pregnancy. In a series of votes, lawmakers turned back amendments to the...

                   

Christians disappointed at abortion vote

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May 21, 2008
        

Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2008, 20:38 (BST) Christians campaigning outside Parliament for a reduction in the upper legal abortion limit. Westminster, 20 May 2008 (Christian Today) The Evangelical Alliance has expressed sadness and concern following the House of Commons rejection last night of...

                   

Christians disappointed with abortion vote

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May 21, 2008
        

Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2008, 20:38 (BST) Christians campaigning outside Parliament for a reduction in the upper legal abortion limit. Westminster, 20 May 2008 (Christian Today) The Evangelical Alliance has expressed sadness and concern following the House of Commons rejection last night of...

The results of the free vote on abortion - by party

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May 21, 2008
        

The Parliamentary Revolts website has an article up on the abortion divisions in the House of Commons yesterday. Strictly speaking, as they were free votes, MPs couldn't have 'rebelled' on them.But, in practice, the differences in the views between MPs from the two major parties are quite...

Abortion vote: A shameful night for MPs

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May 21, 2008
        

Damian Thompson, Daily Telegraph So infanticide remains on the statute book, then. I’m sorry if that strikes you as offensive language, but I think it’s a perfectly reasonable description of the killing of babies that stand a chance of surviving outside the womb. MPs have made a gravely immoral...

UK won't lower abortion limit from 24 weeks

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May 21, 2008
        

Some great news out of the UK! Attempts to cut the upper limit for abortions from 24 to 22 weeks have been rejected by MPs after a free vote. Tory MP Nadine Dorries, a former nurse who proposed a 20-week limit, said: "There comes a point when it has to be said this baby has a right to life." But...

                   

Have the British gone mad? PRO Abortion demos, Parliamentarians refuse a limit on abortions.

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May 21, 2008
        

MPs back 24-week abortion limit Attempts to cut the upper limit for abortions from 24 to 22 weeks have been rejected by MPs after a free vote. Tory MP Nadine Dorries, a former nurse who proposed a 20-week limit, said: "There comes a point when it has to be said this baby has a right to life." But...

Abortion Parliament has lost touch with public opinion

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May 21, 2008
        

by Julia Millington, Alive and Kicking Alliance Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2008, 12:04 (BST) There have been almost 7 million abortions in Britain since 1967; now 200,000 a year and 600 per day. But the tide of public opinion against late abortions has turned. Two out of three people, including...

No Shift in British Abortion Law

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May 21, 2008
        

LONDON (Reuters) — Parliament voted Tuesday to keep the legal limit on abortion at 24 weeks, disappointing campaigners who had sought to lower the limit. The vote represented Parliament’s first look at Britain’s abortion laws in almost two decades. Proponents argued that survival rates had...

Abortion limit stays at 24 weeks Christians keep up prolife campaign

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May 21, 2008
        

Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2008, 9:44 (BST) Christians and pro-life campaigers advocate for a reduction in the upper legal limit for abortion outside Parliament, Westminster, 20 May 2008. (Christian Today) MPs voted on Tuesday to keep the upper legal limit on abortion at 24 weeks, despite strong...

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