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Abortion For Cleft Palate Or Cleft Lip

EDM number 186 in 2003-04, proposed by Jim Dobbin on 02/12/2003.

That this House condemns the fact that since 1995 there have been 26 abortions performed for cleft palate or lip; believes that these eugenic abortions contravene section 1(1)(d) of the Abortion Act 1967 (as amended); notes the assertion of the honourable Member for Aberdeen Central, 21st June 1990, Official Report, c1187 that section 1(1)(d) would never authorise abortion for cleft palate or lip; further notes that in making this inaccurate assertion he was supported by the present Solicitor General, the Right honourable Member for Camberwell and Peckham; congratulates Joanna Jepson for her courage in bringing eugenic abortion to public attention; and calls upon the Government to review the application of section 1(1)(d) of the Abortion Act 1967 (as amended) as a matter of urgency in order to end the scandal of eugenic abortion.

This motion has been signed by a total of 58 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jim Dobbin02/12/2003Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeProposed
Kerry Pollard02/12/2003St AlbansLabourSigned
Joe Benton02/12/2003BootleLabourSigned
Ann Winterton02/12/2003CongletonConservativeSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson03/12/2003Lagan ValleyIndependent Ulster UnionistSigned
Nicholas Winterton03/12/2003MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Nigel Waterson03/12/2003EastbourneConservativeSigned
Jenny Tonge03/12/2003Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Annabelle Ewing03/12/2003PerthScottish National PartySigned
Nigel Dodds03/12/2003Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Ronnie Campbell03/12/2003Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Colin Breed03/12/2003South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Smyth03/12/2003Belfast SouthIndependent Ulster UnionistSigned
Bob Russell03/12/2003ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Rosindell04/12/2003RomfordConservativeSigned
Peter Bottomley04/12/2003Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Roy Beggs04/12/2003East AntrimUUPSigned
David Drew04/12/2003StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Brian Cotter04/12/2003Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable04/12/2003TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Elfyn Llwyd04/12/2003Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Lindsay Hoyle04/12/2003ChorleyLabourSigned
Bob Spink04/12/2003Castle PointConservativeSigned
John Pugh04/12/2003SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Marion Roe08/12/2003BroxbourneConservativeSigned
Nigel Jones08/12/2003CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
John Cummings08/12/2003EasingtonLabourSigned
David Taylor08/12/2003North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Simon Thomas08/12/2003CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
Terry Lewis09/12/2003WorsleyLabourSigned
Michael Weir09/12/2003AngusScottish National PartySigned
Kevin McNamara09/12/2003Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Stephen Pound10/12/2003Ealing NorthLabourSigned
Harold Best10/12/2003Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Ann Widdecombe10/12/2003Maidstone & The WealdConservativeSigned
Marsha Singh11/12/2003Bradford WestLabourSigned
David Crausby11/12/2003Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Donald Anderson15/12/2003Swansea EastLabourSigned
Paul Marsden16/12/2003Shrewsbury & AtchamLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Lazarowicz05/01/2004Edinburgh North & LeithLabour Co-operativeSigned
Adrian Flook05/01/2004TauntonConservativeSigned
Andy Reed07/01/2004LoughboroughLabour Co-operativeSigned
Laurence Robertson15/01/2004TewkesburyConservativeSigned
Robert Walter15/01/2004North DorsetConservativeSigned
Gregory Campbell20/01/2004East LondonderryDUPSigned
Andrew Hunter26/01/2004BasingstokeIndependent ConservativeSigned
David Lidington26/01/2004AylesburyConservativeSigned
John McWilliam27/01/2004BlaydonLabourSigned
Humfrey Malins28/01/2004WokingConservativeSigned
Geraldine Smith30/01/2004Morecambe & LunesdaleLabourSigned
John Lyons03/02/2004Strathkelvin & BearsdenLabourSigned
Andrew Selous04/02/2004South West BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Gerald Kaufman23/02/2004Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
John Wilkinson26/02/2004Ruislip - NorthwoodConservativeSigned
Dai Havard17/03/2004Merthyr Tydfil & RhymneyLabourSigned
Hilton Dawson24/03/2004Lancaster & WyreLabourSigned
Don Foster19/04/2004BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis12/05/2004Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned

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