Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Alton of Liverpool (Liberal Democrat), on Tuesday, 11 July 1995, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 13 members in total.

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FOETAL PAIN - LATEST REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

That this House welcomes the publication of Foetal Pain: An Update of Current Scientific Knowledge by Dr Maria Fitzgerald; notes the evidence summarised by the report that foetuses feel pain and that they may lack inhibitors and pain thresholds present in children and adults; agrees with Dr Fitzgerald's conclusion 'that the foetal nervous system mounts clear protective responses to tissue injury and this cannot be ignored'; welcomes her recommendation that 'the effects of trauma of any kind to the developing nervous system should be minimised as far as possible by whatever means are available'; and calls on the Department of Health to disseminate this information to medical staff and mothers and come forward with proposals for avoiding pain in pre-term foetal surgery and abortion.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1380 

Session

1994-95

Subjects

Abortion Pain Pregnancy Screening Surgery

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk