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Informed Consent Abortion

EDM number 834 in 2010-12, proposed by Therese Coffey on 14/10/2010.
Categorised under the topic of Medical ethics.

That this House notes that in its 14 March 2008 statement the Royal College of Psychiatrists advised that healthcare professionals who assess or refer women who are requesting an abortion should assess for mental disorder and for risk factors that may be associated with its subsequent development; further notes that the Royal College also states that informed consent must be on the basis of adequate and appropriate information on the potential risks to mental health associated with abortion; calls on the Government to give its full backing to mental health assessments for women presenting for abortion as well as the provision of professional counselling where mental health issues are identified; and further calls on the Government to make available information on the possible mental health risks to women of an induced abortion.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Therese Coffey14/10/2010Suffolk CoastalConservativeProposed
John Pugh18/10/2010SouthportLiberal DemocratSeconded
Jim Dobbin18/10/2010Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
Mark Reckless18/10/2010Rochester and StroodConservativeSeconded
Fiona Bruce18/10/2010CongletonConservativeSeconded
Jeffrey M Donaldson19/10/2010Lagan ValleyDUPSeconded
Ronnie Campbell20/10/2010Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Martin Vickers25/10/2010CleethorpesConservativeSigned
Nicholas Soames27/10/2010Mid SussexConservativeSigned
Tom Clarke02/11/2010Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillLabourSigned
Nadine Dorries02/11/2010Mid BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Alasdair McDonnell10/11/2010Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Robert Syms16/11/2010PooleConservativeSigned
Annette Brooke24/11/2010Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Craig Whittaker24/11/2010Calder ValleyConservativeSigned
Alan Beith24/11/2010Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Bacon29/11/2010South NorfolkConservativeSigned
Mark Williams29/11/2010CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Rosindell30/11/2010RomfordConservativeSigned
Nigel Dodds09/12/2010Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Stewart Jackson14/12/2010PeterboroughConservativeSigned
Penny Mordaunt14/02/2011Portsmouth NorthConservativeSigned
Frank Roy31/03/2011Motherwell and WishawLabourSigned
Frank Field05/04/2011BirkenheadLabourSigned
Naomi Long26/04/2011Belfast EastAllianceSigned
Roger Williams28/04/2011Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Lindsay Roy11/05/2011GlenrothesLabourSigned

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