Urge your GP to reject abortion

Dear supporter,

It is reported in today's media that the government is trialling the use in doctors' surgeries of the abortion drug RU486. Currently RU486 is only given to women in hospitals and certain clinics. The government is conducting the trial at two undisclosed locations.

Please take action by writing or emailing your GP, opposing the government's trial and expressing your opposition to this proposal to bring abortion into GP practices:

It ignores completely the rights of the unborn child

it turns health facilities into abortion facilities

it affects staff and patients, who will not want to be associated with an abortion centre

like many abortion-related policies, this move trivialises or ignores a significant body of medical opinion and human experience which shows that abortion carries risks for women

conveyor-belt abortion gives women less time to think and creates even more pressure on them before having an abortion

it is an attack on conscientious objection, trying to wear down the medical profession's increasing resistance to abortion

doctors must take a stand against this now. A recent survey found that 70% of PCTs said they would be prepared to threaten denying pharmacists a license if they refused to provide the morning-after pill (Levonelle) to under-16 year-olds without parental consent. [Express, 3 Dec] What is permitted today may become mandatory tomorrow.

Extend the influence of your message by sending a copy (with appropriate covering note) to your local MP.

MPs can be contacted either by writing to them:

by post at the House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA, or

by email. If you know the name of your MP, you can find his/her email address by surname via the links at www.spuc.org.uk/lobbying/email If you don't know the name of your MP, please visit http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/commons/l/ which you can also use to email your MP.

Please also copy your message to your local print and/or broadcast media. You should be able to find the websites of your local media by doing a word search via a search engine e.g. Google.

Please remember to copy any replies you receive to SPUC c/o Anthony Ozimic, SPUC Political Secretary, at political@spuc.org.uk or at SPUC, 5-6 St Matthew Street, Westminster, London SW1P 2JT.

Yours sincerely in defence of life,

Anthony Ozimic
Political Secretary
SPUC

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