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Britain rejects motions to tighten abortion law

nwsource.com
May 21, 2008
        

By DAVID STRINGER Associated Press Writer LONDON — British lawmakers rejected attempts to restrict abortion laws Tuesday, opposing measures that would have reduced the amount of time a pregnancy could be terminated. Legislators voted in favor of keeping the current law, which allows abortions...

Britain rejects motions to tighten abortion law

wtop.com
May 21, 2008
        

By DAVID STRINGER Associated Press Writer LONDON (AP) - British lawmakers rejected attempts to restrict abortion laws Tuesday, opposing measures that would have reduced the amount of time a pregnancy could be terminated. Legislators voted in favor of keeping the current law, which allows...

Britain rejects motions to tighten abortion law

newsvine.com
May 21, 2008
        

— British lawmakers rejected attempts to restrict abortion laws Tuesday, opposing measures that would have reduced the amount of time a pregnancy could be terminated. Legislators voted in favor of keeping the current law, which allows abortions during the first 24 weeks of a woman's pregnancy....

Britain rejects motions to tighten abortion law (AP)

yahoo.com
May 21, 2008
        

By DAVID STRINGER, Associated Press Writer 18 minutes ago LONDON - British lawmakers rejected attempts to restrict abortion laws Tuesday, opposing measures that would have reduced the amount of time a pregnancy could be terminated. Legislators voted in favor of keeping the current law, which...

                   

Attempts to lower abortion limit defeated

bloggers4labour.org
May 21, 2008
        

On Monday the ban on "saviour siblings" was defeated, and research using hybrid embryos can go ahead, today attempts to introduce law requiring a father figure for IVF treatment have been defeated and lastly, the big one which always gets people up in arms, attempts to lower the abortion limit...

msn.com: MPs are debating possible changes to the abortion limit msn.com

Abortion time limit cuts defeated

msn.com
May 21, 2008
        

Moves to cut the abortion time limit from 24 weeks have been resoundingly rejected by MPs after a highly-charged Commons debate.The Government also saw off cross-party dissent to push through new rules so doctors do not have to consider the need for a father when approving fertility treatment.

British Doctors Favor Cutting Late-Term Abortions From 24 Weeks to 20

freerepublic.com
May 20, 2008
        

London, England (LifeNews.com) -- Just ahead of a vote in the British Parliament, a new poll finds a majority of doctors say they favor cutting the time limit on late-term abortions. The web site Doctors.net.uk conducted the poll and found physicians support the campaign by some MPs to tighten...

British lawmakers vote against tighter abortions laws in the UK

iht.com
May 20, 2008
        

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...

Britain keeps legal abortion limit at 24 weeks

abc.net.au
May 20, 2008
        

Britain's Parliament has voted to keep the upper legal limit on abortion at 24 weeks, disappointing campaigners who argue survival rates have improved. The vote blocked attempts to lower the legal limit to 22, 20, 16 or 12 weeks in Parliament's first look at abortion laws in almost two decades....

                   

Britain keeps legal abortion limit at 24 weeks

thestar.com.my
May 20, 2008
        

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's parliament voted on Tuesday to keep the upper legal limit on abortion at 24 weeks, disappointing campaigners who argue survival rates have improved. "I think there comes a point when it has to be said this baby has a right to life also," said Conservative lawmaker and...