'Not enough evidence' to change UK abortion law

The British government does not believe there is enough evidence to back changing the law on abortion, a health minister said today.

Wed, 24 Oct, 2007 - 21:02

The British government does not believe there is enough evidence to back changing the law on abortion, a health minister said today.

Dawn Primarolo told MPs that the government studied a range of research to formulate its opinion.

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