There may be trouble ahead...

An Early Day Motion to Review Abortion Legislation is being put forward by Geraldine Smith MP

It's been on the cards for some time with a resurgence in the anti-abortion lobby. This EDM has 120 signatures.

"That this House endorses Recommendation 77 of the Report of the Science and Technology Committee, Human Reproductive Technologies and the Law; and calls on the Government to set up a joint committee of both Houses to consider the scientific, medical and social changes in relation to abortion that have taken place since 1967, with a view to presenting options for new legislation."

The process will take a little time to get going into a fully fledged challenge to existing legislation - time which we should use to good effect to ensure that there is not any successful attempt to encroach on a woman's right to choose.

But let's have a look at some of the sponsors of this legislation shall we? Names you'd expect to find are Nicholas Soames, IDS and Malcolm Rifkind - no big surprise - but what about Sarah Teather and Ian Gibson, people I expect much better from. Oh yeah and Mr Galloway supports the review too, ffs.

Hat tip: Volsunga