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January 30th 2006, 13:48 Jeff Sela

It looks like the debate about the abortion laws could heat up in the UK. The Observer ran a survey (via Michelle Malkin's blog) which indicates that almost half of women in the UK think the current time limit on abortions should be reduced:

The survey by MORI shows that 47 per cent of women believe the legal limit for an abortion should be cut from its present 24 weeks, and another 10 per cent want the practice outlawed altogether. Among the population overall, reducing the upper limit was the preferred option backed by the largest proportion of respondents, 42 per cent, made up of a 36–47 per cent split among men and women.

This seems to be getting through to the politicians too, and although the government haven't come out with a policy on this yet I wouldn't be surprised if we see a reduction at some point in the next few years. It will probably only be a relatively small change though.

Is 24 weeks into pregnancy too long? To be honest, I don't think I know enough about this stuff to form a useful opinion. But there's one thing I'm sure of: it's about time the government stood up to the religious types in Northern Ireland and made abortion legal there too.