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Last updated: 23 October 2007

Abortion

Health Minister will tell MPs
'no change to abortion limit'


Health Minister Dawn Primarolo

Health Minister Dawn Primarolo is expected to say the abortion limit should not be changed.

The time limit on abortion should not be changed, a Government health minister is expected to announce, according to the Daily Mail.

Health Minister Dawn Primarolo, who will give evidence to a committee of MPs reviewing the law, is expected to tell them that she has found no evidence to support lowering the limit from 24 weeks.

However, a member of the committee disagrees. Writing in The Spectator Nadine Dorries MP points to clear evidence that a feotus feels pain.