05.20.08
small victories
Parliament has just voted against all of the amendments which would have restricted access to abortion. Both the odious Nadine Dorries’ 20-week amendment, and the Cameron-backed “compromise” position of 22 weeks, have been struck down.
I’m no fan of our incumbent government, but suffice it to say that I’m very happy to see the progress of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill has continued through these two difficult days without hitting the roadbumps that many of us had feared. Busy week for me this week, but I think I might tip back a glass at the weekend to the MPs who saw the course and listened to the science and the reason rather than the enticing baying of the right-wing.
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