13913 1996-97 206A1 Elizabeth Peacock 1996-11-20 leave out from `believes' to end and add `notes that as many cases (including the Queen Charlotte's Hospital twin case) have demonstrated abortion on demand is widely available in NHS hospitals and in the private sector; notes therefore that it is of no surprise to learn that a major proportion of the public do not know that two doctors are supposedly required to agree an abortion as the second signature is so often simply a formality; notes that the Abortion Act 1967 was never intended to allow abortion on demand (as a woman's choice); and calls on the Government to do all it can to require hospitals and private clinics to stop such pracitces and ensure that the public are better educated about the realities of abortion, the possible physical and psychological effects on the mother, the humanity of the unborn child and the legal requirements for the termination of a pregnancy.'. Elizabeth Peacock 1996-11-20 Proposed Batley & Spen Ann Winterton 1996-11-20 Seconded Congleton Liz Lynne 1996-11-20 Seconded Rochdale Nicholas Winterton 1996-11-20 Seconded Macclesfield Alan Beith 1996-11-20 Seconded Berwick-upon-Tweed Martin Smyth 1996-11-21 Signed Belfast South David Nicholson 1996-11-21 Signed Taunton Bob Dunn 1996-11-21 Signed Dartford Michael Clark 1996-11-25 Signed Rochford Marion Roe 1996-11-25 Signed Broxbourne James Spicer 1996-11-28 Signed West Dorset Joe Benton 1996-11-28 Signed Bootle Phil Gallie 1996-12-02 Signed Ayr Paul Tyler 1996-12-03 Signed North Cornwall Malcolm Thornton 1996-12-04 Signed Crosby John McFall 1996-12-04 Signed Dumbarton Seamus Mallon 1996-12-04 Signed Newry & Armagh Robert Hughes 1996-12-04 Signed Harrow West Donald Dixon 1996-12-05 Signed Jarrow Stephen Day 1996-12-05 Signed Cheadle Toby Jessel 1996-12-05 Signed Twickenham Nick Harvey 1996-12-05 Signed North Devon Don Touhig 1996-12-09 Signed Islwyn William Powell 1996-12-10 Signed Corby Neil Hamilton 1996-12-10 Signed Tatton Michael Martin 1996-12-11 Signed Glasgow, Springburn Robert Parry 1996-12-11 Signed Liverpool, Riverside John Marshall 1996-12-12 Signed Hendon South Walter Sweeney 1996-12-17 Signed Vale of Glamorgan Colin Shepherd 1996-12-18 Signed Hereford Michael Mates 1997-02-20 Signed East Hampshire William McCrea 1997-03-06 Signed Mid Ulster David Alton 1997-03-11 Signed Liverpool Mossley Hill Charles Wardle 1997-03-12 Signed Bexhill & Battle