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Abortion Law In Northern Ireland

EDM number 1754 in 2008-09, proposed by Martin Salter on 25/06/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Medical ethics.

That this House welcomes the Westminster launch on 30 June of the film Discrimination and Denial-Abortion Law in Northern Ireland funded by the International Planned Parenthood Federation and launched by the sexual health charity fpa; notes that because the Abortion Act 1967 was never extended to Northern Ireland, women in Northern Ireland do not have the same access to abortion as women in the rest of the United Kingdom; further notes that the film highlights this inequality and the reality of the situation for women in Northern Ireland; and calls on all hon. and right hon. Members to support the campaign urging the Government to provide funding for women in Northern Ireland to access NHS abortion services on the mainland.

This motion has been signed by a total of 33 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Martin Salter25/06/2009Reading WestLabourProposed
Diane Abbott25/06/2009Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSeconded
Evan Harris25/06/2009Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Robert Key25/06/2009SalisburyConservativeSeconded
Julie Morgan25/06/2009Cardiff NorthLabourSeconded
Linda Riordan25/06/2009HalifaxLabourSeconded
Lynne Featherstone25/06/2009Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
Emily Thornberry25/06/2009Islington South and FinsburyLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson29/06/2009Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Lynne Jones29/06/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Andy Slaughter29/06/2009Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's BushLabourSigned
Ann Cryer01/07/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Janet Dean01/07/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley02/07/2009Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Colin Challen02/07/2009Morley and RothwellLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins02/07/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne02/07/2009Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt03/07/2009CrawleyLabourSigned
Desmond Turner06/07/2009Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd07/07/2009Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
Bill Etherington08/07/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Katy Clark08/07/2009North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
John McDonnell09/07/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Nick Harvey13/07/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Clare Short13/07/2009Birmingham, LadywoodIndependent LabourSigned
Alan Simpson14/07/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Jim Dowd14/07/2009Lewisham WestLabourSigned
Frank Dobson15/07/2009Holborn and St PancrasLabourSigned
Malcolm Bruce16/07/2009GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Cohen16/07/2009Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
John Austin21/07/2009Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Frank Cook13/10/2009Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Judy Mallaber16/10/2009Amber ValleyLabourSigned

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