Or should GP surgery's not be allowed to advertise themselves as 'pro-life'?

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I'm job hunting and came across an ad for a medical receptionist at a GP surgery. I wasn't sure where exactly this particular surgery was so googled it and this statement was on the home page; 'The Doctors here at xxxx Surgery are committed to a 'pro-life' policy. This means that the Doctors value each individual’s 'life' from conception to natural death.'

I'm not reading that wrong am I, they are stating that they're anti abortion aren't they? Surely that shouldn't be allowed at an NHS practice should it? I'm a bit gobsmacked that it's blatantly there on the home page, literally the first thing you see when you click on the site. And it clearly means all the doctors, I mean obviously people don't have to register with that surgery but for there to be no options for those who already are registered just doesn't seem right to me. Does anyone know if this is actually allowed?

abortion isn’t murder you moron, get a grip.

But safe and legal abortion is available in the uk

I think it’s really shitty that it’s the whole practice. To be honest I think it’s really shitty that it’s even one of them. Not that they have those feelings, but that they choose to both advertise them and act on them to the extent that it makes it harder for women to access the services.

It’s hard enough to get a doctors appointment these days, let alone cherry pick in order to reach somebody that will give you access to difficult and time sensitive services. And imagine doing something that is often hard for women and then knowing you have to run the gauntlet of one of these arseholes. And what about the woman that finds out that she’s pregnant by accident, and then is inadvertently seeing a doctor that judges against abortion. Or maybe a woman that’s had an abortion in the past and now feels that she might be judged based on that. We’re not exactly in the time where we have free and easy access to Doctors.

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I've heard about this too. I think, until the baby is in the birth canal it's still legal to abort - injection into the heart I believe.

The women are pressured right up until the last minute

@IDontHateRainbows i should have been clearer -
‘Accessible to all in a timely manner’

abortion is not decriminalised in the UK and the 1967 act allowing it makes it problematic for many women to access. I assumed there was awareness of the many obstacles that women face because of the provisions of the act and the actions of anti abortion campaigners across the country.

Do you really think there are women who have unplanned pregnancies and think it would be a good idea to string it out and abort late in pregnancy? Just for kicks?

Late term pregnancies are a tiny percentage or abortions and just about always due to awful circumstances.

I'm not surprised you believe thst if you get your information from vile organisations like The Christian Institute.

I wasn't this poster, but if you look at the quote history, it's clear that this is in relation to babies with down syndrome (so the 24w limit doesn't apply).

There have been well publicised cases in the media of women being 'asked' about termination repeatedly in those instances, including in labour, even where mum has been very clear that she wants to have the baby.

Thats what she was talking about, not regular 'in demand' abortions.

Edited to add: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-51658631.amp

This is a BBC article, one woman said she was offered a termination 15 times. Another was offered one at 38w and was told she could terminate until the baby was travelling down the birth canal. So some women are put under a lot of pressure.