Last updated: 23 October 2007

Abortion

Health Minister will tell MPs
'no change to abortion limit'


The time limit on abortion should not be changed, a Government health minister is expected to announce, according to the Daily Mail.

Health Minister Dawn Primarolo, who will give evidence to a committee of MPs reviewing the law, is expected to tell them that she has found no evidence to support lowering the limit from 24 weeks.

However, a member of the committee disagrees. Writing in The Spectator Nadine Dorries MP points to clear evidence that a feotus feels pain.

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