Access To Abortion

EDM number 1247 in 1997-98, proposed by Gareth Thomas on 27/04/1998.

That this House notes that it is 30 years since the Abortion Act took effect on 27th April 1968; expresses concern about the continuing difficulties some women face in obtaining compassionate, prompt abortion services; further notes that women are often delayed or refused help by their general practitioners or hospital doctors; recognises that in England and Wales only 72 per cent of abortions for resident women are provided by the NHS and that in certain areas this figure falls to below 50 per cent compared with 99 per cent in the whole of Scotland; believes that inequalities in access to abortion within the NHS are unacceptable; and agrees with the recommendations of the Voice of Choice campaign that doctors with an ethical objection to abortion should be obliged to declare it and that abortion should be available on the request of the woman in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy throughout the UK.

This motion has been signed by a total of 70 MPs, 5 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Gareth Thomas	27/04/1998	Harrow West	Labour	Proposed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	27/04/1998	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
Maria Eagle	27/04/1998	Liverpool, Garston	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	27/04/1998	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
John Austin	27/04/1998	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Crispin Blunt	27/04/1998	Reigate	Conservative	Signed
Jenny Tonge	27/04/1998	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	27/04/1998	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Dafydd Wigley	27/04/1998	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ann Clwyd	27/04/1998	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Peter Bradley	27/04/1998	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	27/04/1998	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	27/04/1998	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	27/04/1998	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	27/04/1998	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	27/04/1998	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	27/04/1998	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	27/04/1998	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	27/04/1998	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	27/04/1998	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	28/04/1998	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Audrey Wise	28/04/1998	Preston	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	28/04/1998	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Maria Fyfe	28/04/1998	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	28/04/1998	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	28/04/1998	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	28/04/1998	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	28/04/1998	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Teresa Gorman	29/04/1998	Billericay	Conservative	Signed
Ian Davidson	29/04/1998	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Eric Illsley	29/04/1998	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Joe Ashton	30/04/1998	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	30/04/1998	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	30/04/1998	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
John Maxton	30/04/1998	Glasgow, Cathcart	Labour	Signed
Jenny Jones	30/04/1998	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Phil Hope	30/04/1998	Corby	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alice Mahon	05/05/1998	Halifax	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	06/05/1998	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Iain Coleman	06/05/1998	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	12/05/1998	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	13/05/1998	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	13/05/1998	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Oona King	14/05/1998	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	21/05/1998	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	01/06/1998	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	01/06/1998	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	02/06/1998	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Yvette Cooper	04/06/1998	Pontefract & Castleford	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	04/06/1998	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jane Griffiths	08/06/1998	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Candy Atherton	08/06/1998	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	09/06/1998	Elmet	Labour	Signed
John Marek	10/06/1998	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	10/06/1998	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Tony Benn	10/06/1998	Chesterfield	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	11/06/1998	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	15/06/1998	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	16/06/1998	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	17/06/1998	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	18/06/1998	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Christine Russell	01/07/1998	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	16/07/1998	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Andrew Hunter	30/07/1998	Basingstoke	Conservative	Signed
Sandra Osborne	02/09/1998	Ayr	Labour	Signed
Patricia Hewitt	Unknown			Withdrawn
Margaret Hodge	Unknown			Withdrawn
Julian Brazier	Unknown			Withdrawn
Teddy Taylor	Unknown			Withdrawn
Michael Colvin	Unknown			Withdrawn

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