The Images That Shook Our World ; Health Fitness Medical Notes
Evening Standard - London › July 06, 2004
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DAVID Steel, the man behind British abortion law, has called for the legal limit for abortions performed "on social grounds" to be halved to 12 weeks to bring us in line with other European countries.
His comments are a sensible contribution to a debate reignited by last week's publication in the Evening Standard of emotive ultrasound images, showing a 12-18-week foetus yawning, sucking its thumb and opening its eyes.See the full content of this document
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The Images That Shook Our World ; Health Fitness Medical Notes
Does our 21st century society take the right to terminate a pregnancy for granted?
Five million pregnancies have been terminated since David Steel introduced the Abortion Bill in 1966. It went on to become law the following year, when 20,000 abortions were performed across England and Wales. Today tha...See the full content of this document
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