Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Ann Widdecombe (Conservative), on Monday, 25 June 2007, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 21 members in total.

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BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND ABORTION

That this House regrets that despite the British Medical Association (BMA) receiving seven motions on abortion for debate at its annual conference, four of which expressed concern about the present working of the Abortion Act and one of which called for a national review of the working of the law including an investigation into physical and emotional short and long term effects of abortion, officers chose only a motion calling for an abortion on demand; compares such conduct to that of the 2004 BMA annual conference when it was made to appear as if doctors were sympathetic to euthanasia, a tactic which failed in the long term; and calls on the Government to counter this disregard for women's mental health by requiring all psychiatric hospitals and units to record the maternal history of all women patients, covering childbirth, prematurity, miscarriage and induced abortion.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1755 

Session

2006-07

Other sponsors

Jim Dobbin

Joe Benton

Ann Winterton

John Pugh

Daniel Kawczynski

Subjects

Abortion British Medical Association

Legislation

Abortion Act 1967

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk