http://blogs.news.sky.com/boultonandcohttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14745675
The changes to abortion legislation proposed by Conservative back bencher Nadine Dorries have sparked the usual fierce debate.
Dorries' views are typical of many in today's Conservative Parliamentary
party - in particular those who entered the House of Commons for the
first time at last year's general election. They reflect the thinking
of a growing number of Tory MPs who belong to Christian groups, which
also include Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith.
She proposes that organisations that provide abortions, like Marie Stopes, should be prevented from providing women with advice before they go ahead with a termination.
Such organisations have long experience of providing impartial counselling women wishing to end their pregnancies in both the pros and cons of doing so.
In my view, not allowing these clinics to do so in future will make an already extremely distressing predicament even more so for women and almost certainly prolong the trauma for them.
A woman's right to choose should remain paramount and no further undermining of that choice by those heavily influenced by the religious right should take place. We do not need to go down the same road as the United States and espouse the same values as Sarah Palin and the Tea Party.
The current legislation is sufficient and should not be altered further.
The Prime Minister is right to oppose this amendment.
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