Nadine Dorries has confirmed that the organisations supporting her campaign include an advisory service often linked to religious anti-abortion activists. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian
The campaign to toughen Britain's abortion laws was losing momentum as Tory MPs on Friday backed a rival amendment and questions emerged about links to Christian counselling services that might benefit from the proposed reform.
Legislation initially proposed by Nadine Dorries and Frank Field would strip abortion providers such as Marie Stopes of their counselling role and hand it over to "independent" organisations not linked to abortion clinics.
But Dorries confirmed to the Guardian that the organisations supporting her campaign include a "crisis pregnancy centre" (CPC) – a type of advisory service often linked to religious anti-abortion activists....read more
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/02/anti-abortion-critics-nadine-dorries?CMP=twt_gu
