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I could not accept a reduction in the abortion limit if it excluded the disabled

Posted on Monday, 24 October 2011 Tags: abortion, Down’s Syndrome, Health and Social Bill, Nadine Dorries

Nadine Dorries would like to reduce the abortion limit to 20 weeks, yet as the mother of a Down’s syndrome daughter I could not support her proposal

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