Was at today’s Abortion Rights press conference on the Health and Social Care Bill abortion counselling amendments tabled by Nadine Dorries and Frank Field. The amendments will be debated in parliament tomorrow and should be voted down, although there were concerns expressed today about some MPs wavering.
Here are some videos of the speakers. There are a few more to come.
Ann Furdei, chief executive of BPAS: “I can’t describe to you how offensive and insulting it has been to our staff to be described as almost salesmen of abortion services, when they are genuinely pro choice.”
Julian Huppert, Cambridge MP
“Is there a problem that needs to be fixed? I see no problem. There’s no suggestion the current system doesn’t work well.”
Sheila Gilmore, MP Edinburgh East: “I’ve had a lot of constituents contact me who are clearly upset to see this back on the agenda.”
Evan Harris:
Katy Clark MP: