Abortion groups informed Liberal Conspiracy late yesterday night that they were deeply concerned by a new amendment by Conservative MP Louise Mensch on abortion counselling.
Tabled yesterday afternoon, Mensch’s amendment was proposed as a more acceptable alternative to Dorries & Field MPs amendments.
It would not bar Marie Stopes and BPAS from offering counselling to women seeking abortion, but seek to rule out any “faith-based” and “ideologically based” service providers.
But Mensch’s amendment was also dismissed by the former Libdem MP Evan Harris, who said it was a “valiant effort” but “fundamentally flawed”.
Abortion Rights’s Darinka Aleksic sent a statement to Liberal Conspiracy that said:... read article in full at Sunny's blog
