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London, England (LifeNews.com) -- After medical associations in the United States caused headaches for pro-life doctors by potentially approving a policy requiring abortion referrals for accreditation, now pro-life physicians in England are concerned. Dr. Evan Harris, the pro-abortion MP and member of the British Medical Association Medical Ethics Committee, has tabled a motion for the BMA's forthcoming Annual General Meeting July 7-10. According to the leading British pro-life group SPUC, the Society for the Protection of the Unborn, Harris's motion would marginalize doctors with a conscientious objection to abortion, specifically by effectively barring them from seeing patients with unplanned pregnancies. The Christian Medical Fellowship led by Dr. Peter Saunders, has published a comprehensive analysis of Harris's motion and his parliamentary agenda for more abortion, according to SPUC director John Smeaton. Meanwhile, two medical students went skydiving on Saturday to raise awareness of the pressure on medical staff to take part in abortion against their consciences. Siobhan Fearon and Abigail Smith, both 19, did the jump parachute jump in Lancashire, England. Smith recently wrote, “I had to help a close friend deal with the after-effects of an abortion. Seeing first-hand the impact an abortion has on such a young life has really challenged my views on the procedure. It has made me more determined to help women make sure that they make the right decision for them and their unborn child when faced with crisis pregnancies in my career." The event will raise money for SPUC through sponsorship.
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