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Sir John Not "Pro-Abortion” - BMJ Rapid Responses |
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From Robert P. Balfour FRCOG:
The Obituary of Sir John Peel might give readers the impression that he was a man avidly in favour of abortion, having steered the RCOG (Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists) Committee which advised the government prior to the Abortion Act of 1967. In fact he was very much against abortion without a justifiable medical reason and supported the amendments, later defeated, which were put forward in the Lords and which would have restricted the present functioning of the Act. On 19,10,67, he wrote a letter to “The Times”, in his position as President of the RCOG, explaining his reasons for supporting the amendments. For subsequent decades he has been a Patron of this organisation which unashamedly has sought to rectify the present abuses of the Act.
Robert P. Balfour FRCOG,
President, Doctors who Respect Human Life.
Lady Peel thanked Dr. Balfour for his letter.
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