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Paul Terry[_2_] · October 8th 10, 06:22 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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Most private clinics have doctors who will rubber stamp the womans
decision to have an abortion.

Some have doctors who will issue prescriptions for medications without
even meeting the patient.

Its happens all the time and its perfectly legal.

Read the Act, or the advice given by Marie Stopes, Brook and other
reputable clinics, and you will begin to understand the circumstances
under which abortion can be legal. In most cases, doctors certify that
termination is necessary for the mental health of the mother, which is
suitably vague to comply with the law.

However, your suggestion that abortion should be carried out simply
because the mother cannot afford the child is outwith the current law.

The NHS might be another matter, I don't know.

The law is the same for everyone - but doctors who bend the law are more
likely to be reported by whistle-blowers in the NHS than they are in
private clinics.

Anyway, this has gone far off-topic so do feel free to have the last
word, however inaccurate it is.
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Paul Terry