"If a baby feels pain as part of a barbaric abortion process - which is what happens post 20 weeks - and if we know that baby could live if it was allowed to be born, then there comes the point when that baby has rights which are of equal parity to the mother's." Nadine Dorries MP
A friend of mine, Nadine Dorries MP, is proposing an amendment tonight, to cut the time limit for abortions from 24 weeks to 20 weeks. MPs will have a free vote on this.
The current statistics on abortions in England and Wales are (ONS figures from 2006):
- Under 9 weeks: 54.9%
- 9-12 weeks: 34.3%
- 13-19 weeks: 9.2%
- 20-24 weeks: 1.5%
There are over 530 abortions a day in England and Wales.
I support Nadine on this wholeheartedly. I do believe in the right of women to choose but we also need to look at what is ethically right. Babies are surviving at 24 weeks, even although they are extremely premature, and therefore I would be voting for the reduction to 20 weeks.
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