Abortions should be made easier on demand ?? (mission, sex, service)

[michel]

Britain http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...475084,00.html





The Times November 28, 2006

Abortions should be made easier on demand, says charity
Lewis Smith
Approval from two doctors 'not necessary'
Nurses should be free to issue abortion pill
Laws that require two doctors to approve an abortion should be dropped to allow women complete control over their family planning, a leading pregnancy advice charity said yesterday.
The British Pregnancy and Advisory Service, which handles 50,000 terminations a year, is demanding legal reforms to allow abortion on demand as a “responsible back-up” to contraception. The abortion debate has concentrated on the upper limit at which foetuses can be aborted, but the new demands focus on the early stages of pregnancy.
Forty years after Lord Steel of Aikwood heralded the age of legalised abortions with his 1967 Act, the advisory service maintains that it is now time for the few remaining restrictions to be relaxed.
Chief among the demands is for an end to the “frankly arcane” rule that requires two doctors to approve an abortion. Abortions should also be made easier by allowing nurses rather than doctors to prescribe the abortion pill to women within the first nine weeks.
The call, at a time of concern about teenage pregnancy, will increase concerns that women will turn to abortion instead of contraception. Research in New Zealand this year showed that women who had abortions suffered twice the level of mental health problems and three times the risk of serious depression as other women. Nevertheless, having sex without repercussions is a right that should not be complicated by unwanted children, Ann Furedi, chief executive of the advisory service, said.
She is urging MPs to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1967 law by updating the legislation. Ms Furedi was speaking at the publication of a poll commissioned by the advisory service and carried out by Ipsos MORI, showing that 59 per cent of people believe that “abortion should be made legally available for all who want it”. By comparison, 27 per cent were against on-demand abortions.
Tony Kerridge, of Marie Stopes International, which arranges 60,000 abortions in Britain each year, said that his organisation would go even further by urging MPs to allow nurses to carry out simple surgical abortions.
The Department of Health said that it had no plans to change any legislation relating to abortion

[JMoum04]

Am I the only one who thinks this is a really bad idea for countless reasons?

[Fluffy]

Am I the only one who thinks this is a really bad idea for countless reasons?

No I doubt that you are. Abortion is more difficult in the UK than in the US and I think it should stay that way.

There are good reasons to have an abortion and bad reasons. We already allow almost every reason that could be considered justifiable (for example lack of money, mother's health, babies health, rape). If people feel that there are more reasons that deserve to be considered then they are case by case.

Abortion on demand is not necessary.

[JMoum04]

Fluffy, how do you think it would affect the health care industry if it was made more readily available?

[Fluffy]

Fluffy, how do you think it would affect the health care industry if it was made more readily available?

The NHS would probably have to give out more free abortions. There is a 2-4 week waiting period currently so the earlier a woman gets her application processed, the greater chance that she won't have to get put on a priority list and therefore potentially pay. I assume that cutting out the 2 doctor permission will speed the entire thing up by a certain degree and allowing nurses to perform various kinds of abortion will go even further.

There won't be anymore demand initially, simply because almost everyone who wants an abortion has a legitimate reason for getting an abortion.

[Ðanisty]

I think it's ridiculous that a woman should have to see two doctors to get an abortion. I agree though that nurses should not be allowed to prescribe abortion pills...mainly because nurses aren't doctors and they should be able to prescribe any kind of pills. Of course, my opinion doesn't really matter since I'm in the U.S. anyway.

[athanasius]

should I ever be able to legally murder someone just becuase they are a inconvenience or burden to me? I sure hope you don't think so.

Mary help us!
Athanasius

[Bishka]

In my opinion, absolutley not.

[michel]

The thing that really got me with this was the title of the poll (which was included on the website for people to comment on):-


"Should abortion be available as a 'lifestyle choice'? "

If it was not for those two words, I would think digfferently; a lifestyle choice (IMO) doesn't excuse killing a fetus.