Member

While this may not be the noble Lord’s intention, the effect of his Private Member’s Bill would be to exceptionalise and stigmatise abortion care for both women and the medical professionals who provide the care. It would also contribute towards a false narrative that there are significant levels of complications in abortion care such as to require political intervention to reduce women’s access. This in the face of all the evidence, which tells us that abortion is a safe and effective medical intervention. However, those opposed to abortion seek to paint it as dangerous for women; this is the approach that anti-abortion groups in the USA have used, without any clinical evidence. This is not a path we would want to follow in the UK.