The Bill published today by Lauren Edwards is near-identical to Kim Leadbeater’s deeply flawed and unsafe Bill from the previous parliamentary session.
It retains dozens of serious flaws identified by Royal Colleges, professional bodies, the Equality and Human Rights Commission, and disability, mental health and domestic abuse charities.
The Bill was published on the day MPs left Westminster for the summer recess, leaving them very little parliamentary time to examine it before its Second Reading on Friday 11 September.
By bringing back the Bill in near-identical form, its supporters are also keeping open the highly controversial possibility of using the Parliament Acts to force it into law if the House of Lords does not pass it again.
This makes the vote on 11 September even more important.
From Right to Life UK https://righttolife.org.uk/