Abortion not a poll issue - Blair

[Michael_UK]

" Tony Blair does not believe abortion should be an election issue, arguing it is a matter for individual conscience.

The prime minister's spokesman set out Mr Blair's view after the top Catholic in England and Wales backed Michael Howard's stance on abortions.

The Tory leader supports a reduction in the legal limit from 24 weeks to 20 and has said current rules are "tantamount to abortion on demand".

The prime minister has made it clear he has no plans to the change the law. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4349581.stm

It's good to see Tony Blair taking a stand against the creeping influence of religion into British Politics. It's a matter of personal conscience

[davidinalameda]

1. wish the Democrats here would take the same stance

[GOPBasher]

2. Britain is much more liberal than we are.

Over there, the conservatives are just fighting to change the legal limit down to 5 months. Here, they're trying to outlaw it completely. Look at the difference.

[Beaverhausen]

3. kick