Royal College of Midwives backs abolition of abortion law that could see women terminate unborn child at any point

[ThatsMyStapler]

Surely the majority of people needing/wanting a medical abortion do so for very good reasons, and also as quickly as is possible.




Royal College of Midwives backs abolition of abortion law that could see women terminate unborn child at any point

Telegraph Link

he Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is facing criticism after calling for abortion to be decriminalised, without consulting its members on the issue.
The union, which represents almost 30,000 midwives and health workers, has said it gives its “full support” to the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), the UK’s biggest abortion provider, in its campaign for abortion to be removed from criminal law.
Prof Cathy Warwick, chief executive of the RCM, is also chairman of the board of trustees of BPAS.
It is currently against the law for women to terminate a foetus after 24 weeks unless there is a medical reason to do so, while abortions earlier in a pregnancy are only legal if two doctors agree to it.
But the RCM is backing calls for the legal limits to be scrapped and abortion to instead be regulated in the same way as other medical procedures, at the discretion of doctors.




There is a petition to stop this, and they say;

"Your campaign is severely out of touch with what women actually think and want. A ComRes poll in March 2014 found that 88% of women favoured a total and explicit ban on sex-selective abortion, whilst another in October that year registered a similar figure of 85%. The March poll also found 92% of women agreeing that a woman requesting an abortion should always be seen in person by a qualified doctor. Whilst in 2006, a Guardian / MORI poll found that 47% of women wanted a reduction in the upper time limit, a 2012 Angus Reid poll found this number had increased to 59% of women."

[bumbleymummy]

Mango, as I said, I introduced it to show that the term can be considered offensive to those with children born with the condition- in the same way that certain terminology can be considered offensive to parents of children with special needs and we are encouraged not to use it. It was not to do with the decision that she made wrt her pregnancy.

In any case, I don't see why sharing a story of someone choosing to keep a baby is a 'low blow' if people are allowed to share their stories of terminating. Why shouldn't both be represented? Particularly when some people seem to be unaware that babies with t18 can be born alive and live - even if only for a short time.

[UnderTheGreenwoodTree]

The terminology is another discussion really - the important issue is that a woman has a choice - she currently does - except in NI.
In NI she has no choice except to travel overseas - which she may be unable to do.

[UnderTheGreenwoodTree]

Oh my, bumbly I've just seen your other thread. Did you really sign up to the mobile app just to have the 'last word' here ?

Right. I'm off - this could be the longest running thread on MN ever

[bumbleymummy]

Not at all. I have the app. I just don't use it. I was wondering how Mango was able to post 15 minutes after the thread had seemingly closed and I tested to see if my post would go through the app. There are very few 1000 post threads around to test on! :) It's a very strange glitch

[MangoMoon]

I didn't even realise it was at over 1000 posts tbh.