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.
Status: In Progress
Current House: Commons
Stage: 1st reading
Sponsored by: Nadine Dorries
Introduced: 2006-12-18