13826 1996-97 600A1 Ann Clwyd 1997-03-13 leave out from 'Providers' to end and add 'when giving evidence to Congress he underestimated the number of intact dilation and extraction (D&X) abortion procedures performed by doctors in the United States; notes that a polcy statement issued by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists on 12th January 1997 made it clear that this method is used in abortions after 16 weeks gestation and that it can be an appropriate choice; further notes that the College opposes legislation to prohibit the procedure because although other methods of abortion are available, 'the potential exists that legislation prohibiting specific medical practices, such as D&X, may outlaw techniques that are critical to the lives and health of American women'; recalls that although this procedure is not used in Britain , the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the British Medical Association emphasised that decisions about the appropriate clinical procedures should be made by doctors and not by politicians; and reminds Her Majesty's Government that those who repeatedly seek to bring legislation to prohibit these procedures, oppose abortion in principle, regardless of the method by which it is carried out.'. Ann Clwyd 1997-03-13 Proposed Cynon Valley Brian Sedgemore 1997-03-13 Signed Hackney South & Shoreditch Margaret Hodge 1997-03-13 Signed Barking Diane Abbott 1997-03-13 Signed Hackney North & Stoke Newington Ken Livingstone 1997-03-17 Signed Brent East Martyn Jones 1997-03-19 Signed Clwyd South West Lynne Jones 1997-03-20 Signed Birmingham, Selly Oak Martin O'Neill 1997-03-20 Signed Clackmannan Bill Etherington 1997-03-20 Signed Sunderland North Peter Thurnham 1997-03-20 Signed Bolton North East