BMA Petition - News

Thank you to everybody who has signed the petition in the last few days. That petition helped in discussions with the media, got our arguments coverage on BBC Radio 4 Today, and on BBC Radio Scotland, and was referred to during the BMA debate.

Two medical students have submitted an emergency motion to the BMA Annual Representative Meeting in Torquay today calling for the recommendations of the BMA Medical Ethics Committee on abortion not to be further considered until a survey of frontline doctors' opinion has been fully conducted and results known and published.

The BMA Medical Ethics Committee debates issues of principle in medical ethics, medical law and ethical matters concerning the relationship between the medical profession, the public and the state.

The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee agreed on 20 June 2007 to conduct an inquiry into scientific developments relating to the Abortion Act 1967.

Evan Harris MP (Lib Dem, Oxford West and Abingdon) is to propose a motion at the British Medical Association (BMA) Annual Representatives Meeting in Torquay at the end of the month to seek BMA support for abortion on request in the first trimester, nurses

A coalition comprising parliamentarians, trade unions, doctors, ethicists and the abortion industry is seeking to further liberalise abortion laws.