Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Health – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 25 October 2005.
Chris McCafferty
Labour, Calder Valley
2:30,
25 October 2005
I am sure that women throughout Britain will welcome the Minister's saying that BPAS provides legal abortions in this country. Does she agree, however, that a revision of protocols on the performance of abortion is not required, rather what is desperately needed instead is better training for BPAS staff, who counsel women on the complexities of late abortions? Will she consider helping to fund such extra training, and will she look carefully at protocols to help staff in that regard?
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