Midwives revolt over abortion

May 16, 2016 by Jill

by Sam Greenhill and Ben Spencer, Mailonline:

Horrified midwives are mutinying after their union boss signed them up to an ‘abhorrent’ plan to scrap the time limit on abortions – without asking them.

Cathy Warwick is facing calls to quit as chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) over what critics say is a blatant conflict of interest.

As well as leading the nation’s 30,000 midwives, Prof Warwick is chairman of the country’s biggest abortion provider, the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS).

And without consulting members, she signed the union up to the service’s campaign to ‘decriminalise’ abortion by scrapping the 24-week legal cut-off for terminations.

Last night, ‘appalled’ MPs said Prof Warwick should resign, and thousands of midwives and members of the public signed a ‘Not in our name’ petition, demanding that she reverses the policy which ‘represents a disgraceful betrayal of her profession’.

Under the 1967 Abortion Act, women can abort an unborn baby up until 24 weeks’ gestation, with exceptions after that allowed on medical grounds.

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