Shadow health minister Diane Abbott has been criticised by Tory MP Nadine Dorries for her decision to resign from a cross-party group on counselling given to pregnant women by abortion providers.

The Department of Health is planning to bar independent organisations such as BPAS from offering abortion counselling to women in an already-agreed "stitch-up", I can reveal today. The plans are in place even though Nadine Dorries lost her vote in Parliament last year to stop organisations that provided abortion services to offer counselling. A source who was close to Dorries' campaign said t...

Diane Abbott has, the BBC reports, walked away from the all-party talks on abortion because of the government’s proposals on counselling services. But others involved in the talks claim that Labour’s public health spokeswoman was not a particularly active participant. Abbott, who is not always the easiest of people to work with, had already irritated some of those involved in thes...

Shadow health minister Diane Abbott has resigned from a cross-party group on counselling given to pregnant women by abortion providers.

...here are some posts made on Spectator.co.uk over the weekend: Fraser Nelson introduces the new Coffee House app. James Forsyth says that Labour's confusion is the Tories' advantage, and questions the abortion providers that are planning to advertise on TV. Peter Hoskin observes the Lib Dems differentiating all over the place, and reports on Andrew Lansley's latest problems. Jonat...

The Government is pressing ahead with changes which could see women considering abortion given the right to independent counselling - despite publicly backing down last year, amid bitter infighting within the Coalition.

The news that for-profit abortion providers are soon to be allowed to advertise on television suggests there is something very wrong with our society. Abortion may well at times be the least worst option. But even those of us who accept this should feel deeply uncomfortable with it being actively promoted on television. The fact that these providers want to advertise on television is revealing of ...

The news that for-profit abortion providers are soon to be allowed to advertise on television suggests there is something very wrong with our society. Abortion may well at times be the least worst option. But even those of us who accept this should feel deeply uncomfortable with it being actively promoted on television. The fact that these providers want to advertise on television is revealing of ...

Abortion rates are higher in countries where the procedure is illegal and nearly half of all abortions worldwide are unsafe, with the vast majority in developing countries, a new study concludes.

Newt Gingrich has pledged that on his first day as president he will set up a constitutional showdown by ordering the military to defy a supreme court ruling extending some legal rights to foreign terrorism suspects and captured enemy combatants in US custody. The Republican contender told a forum of anti-abortion activists ahead of South