Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said he favours a sharp tightening of the law on abortion. In an interview with The Times, Mr Hunt said the limit should be cut to 12 weeks into a pregnancy - half the current limit of 24 weeks.
A prominent gynaecologist and women's rights campaigner has warned that reducing the time limit on abortions from 24 weeks could effectively prevent testing for conditions such as Down's syndrome.
Professor Wendy Savage expressed alarm at Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt's comments that he supports halving the limit to 12 weeks.
"The number of abortions that take place over 20 weeks is very small. Of those a considerable proportion are of foetuses which have got a congenital abnormality," she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"I think the majority of the population think that if somebody has got a foetus that, if born, will have a severe disability they should have the right to choose whether or not to continue with that pregnancy."
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