I am grateful to my courageous and honourable Friend for giving way. As 147 babies were terminated after 24 weeks in the past year—a 29% increase on the previous year—does she agree that such counselling should also include the fact that many of those terminated babies, who had minor disabilities such as cleft lips, cleft palates, half an ear or having only one ear, could have been dealt with through modern cosmetic reconstructive surgery?
[2nd Allocated Day]
Proceeding contribution from
Mark Pritchard
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 7 September 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Health and Social Care (Re-committed) Bill.
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