A couple of years ago Peter Saunders wrote that current government sexual health strategies for tackling teenage pregnancies are primarily based on three false presuppositions: that contraception is safe, that youngsters will actually use it and that abstinence is impossible. I recently blogged that the […]
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The stories behind the Nobel Prize winners
This year’s Nobel Prize winners for Medicine both come with interesting stories behind them, and very contrasting views on ethics. The British winner, Sir John Gurdon, discovered, against conventional understanding, that cell development is reversible. Gurdon was knighted in 1995, is a Fellow of the […]
Most members of cabinet have previously voted for lowering the abortion limit to 20 weeks or below
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has come in for criticism today for saying that he believes the upper abortion limit should be lowered from 24 to 12 weeks. However he is not alone. Of the 16 Conservative MPs in Cabinet, 13 actually voted for a decrease […]
Why Jeremy Hunt and 70 other MPs voted in 2008 to lower the upper abortion limit to 12 weeks
The front page of the Times this Saturday reports that Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, supports lowering the upper limit for abortion from 24 to 12 weeks (12 week baby size pictured). This was his position in 2008 when the issue was last put to […]
Five reasons why Maria Miller’s proposal to lower abortion limit to 20 weeks makes good sense
Maria Miller, the new minister for women and equalities, would like to see the upper abortion limit come down. Having voted in 2008 to reduce the legal limit for abortions from 24 weeks to 20 weeks, she has just confirmed in an interview for the […]