MPs reject cut in abortion limit
Written: 21st May, 2008
The abortion time limit will stay at 24 weeks after MPs voted against proposals to reduce it.
They rejected options ranging from 12 to 22 weeks in a series of votes.
Tory MP Nadine Dorries, a former nurse who proposed a 20-week limit, said a baby's rights should be considered at the point it had the "chance of life".
But pro-choice campaigners said there was no evidence of improved survival rates. The closest vote, on a 22-week limit, was defeated by 304 to 233.
Ms Dorries' proposal for a 20 week limit was defeated by 332 votes to 190.