I pointed out yesterday the dishonesty of Nadine Dorries and her supporters saying there was a ‘profit motive’ or a financial incentive for orgs such as BPAS in offering abortions.
But the main issue here is that these proposed amendments will pose a health risk to women. That is the key reason they should be opposed vehemently.
1) Consider this. the government wants BPAS and Marie Stopes to stop offering counselling, despite the fact their counsellors are professionally trained and accredited.
So who will they be replaced with? This is not made clear at all. Which organisations have the capacity to offer counselling to up to 200,000 women a year? If BPAS and MS are banned – who will step into the vacuum? We’re not told.
So who will they be replaced with? This is not made clear at all. Which organisations have the capacity to offer counselling to up to 200,000 women a year? If BPAS and MS are banned – who will step into the vacuum? We’re not told.
2) While they aren’t being explicitly mentioned, Dorries and Frank Field would likely want organisations such as LIFE to step in instead (already, Life have replaced BPAS on a govt health advisory panel).
Do Life have the expertise? Well, let’s look at the evidence. An undercover expose of Life services recently found very worrying lapses:..read article in full at Sunny's blog
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