Submitted on Friday 15th August 2014
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Lower the Abortion Limit
In the UK, it is legal for a woman to abort a baby up to the gestation of 24 weeks - the same age that doctors are willing to fight for these babies to survive.
As the mother of a baby boy who was born at 24 weeks and survived, it is my personal mission to see that the abortion limit is decreased to at least 20 weeks. (The youngest baby recorded to have survived being born prematurely was 21 weeks.)
Although abortion is a contentious topic, I think many of us would at least agree that if a baby can survive at 24 weeks, it cannot be considered "merely" a fetus. These babies are human beings.
Therefore it should be illegal to abort a baby that has the capacity to live.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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Please see 'Lower the abortion limit to 20 weeks'
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