British Medical Association And Abortion

EDM number 1755 in 2006-07, proposed by Ann Widdecombe on 25/06/2007.

That this House regrets that despite the British Medical Association (BMA) receiving seven motions on abortion for debate at its annual conference, four of which expressed concern about the present working of the Abortion Act and one of which called for a national review of the working of the law including an investigation into physical and emotional short and long term effects of abortion, officers chose only a motion calling for an abortion on demand; compares such conduct to that of the 2004 BMA annual conference when it was made to appear as if doctors were sympathetic to euthanasia, a tactic which failed in the long term; and calls on the Government to counter this disregard for women's mental health by requiring all psychiatric hospitals and units to record the maternal history of all women patients, covering childbirth, prematurity, miscarriage and induced abortion.

This motion has been signed by a total of 21 MPs.