Over 100,000 sign petition calling for reduction to abortion time limit christiantoday.com
A petition signed by over 102,000 people calling for the abortion time limit to be lowered to 22 weeks has been handed in to Downing Street.
The petition was organised by Right to Life UK and was delivered to 10 Downing Street along with a group of MPs and parents of children who were born at 22 and 23 weeks.
They say that the abortion time limit should be lowered from the current 24 weeks in line with advances in medical science that have led to more very premature babies surviving.
"In 1990, the abortion limit was reduced from 28 to 24 weeks due to the increased chance of survival for extremely premature babies. In the 30 years since then, medical technology has greatly improved and babies are increasingly likely to survive at earlier gestations," the petition reads…
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