David Cameron will not support abortion counselling proposal backed by Birkenhead MP Frank Field


DAVID Cameron will not support backbench efforts to strip abortion providers of their role in counselling women considering a termination.

The Prime Minister is said to be “personally sympathetic” to calls by Liverpool-born Conservative MP Nadine Dorries for more advice for women.

But he opposes her attempt to prevent organisations like Marie Stopes and the British Pregnancy Advisory Service offering support.

Ms Dorries, backed by Birkenhead MP Frank Field, is hoping to secure a Commons vote on the issue next week.

She has tabled an amendment designed to prevent organisations with a financial interest in performing terminations from providing advice.

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