Vive La France!

Finally it's good to see you went away and read up on the subject. But you still don't understand the assessment being made by the doctor. It is not for them to question the request for an abortion or to grant their approval of the woman's choice, but to check that it's within the legal time limit and do a risk assessment of the procedure. Sadly women do get complications and sometimes die from an abortion.
More tiresome deflective waffle.

I informed you that it is illegal for a woman in the UK to have an abortion unless it is signed off by two doctors - simple as. Then you came back with your sanctimonious bullshít. Then you hide behind a repetitive statement proclaiming 'its the woman's choice and hers alone to have an abortion', like it's some best kept secret.

Have you looked at a HSA1 form yet boyo? Do you understand UK law? Do you understand that I already knew it was the woman's' choice to have an abortion and hers alone? Do you understand I already knew women in the UK can self refer? Did you know I was pro-abortion? Did you know that the reason I championed the French decision was simply that they made a stance against idiot right wingers in the USA and I'd like the UK to do the same?
 
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I’ve shown you the guidelines, the actual law (not glamour magazines version) and the NHS web page. None of it says you seek approval for the abortion and 2 doctors asses if your reason is valid.
Clueless, lol.
An abortion is illegal in the UK, unless signed off by two doctors. No amount of waffle from you, will change that.

By the way - the form they have to fill in is called a HSA1 form boyo.
 
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This amendment would not remove abortion from criminal law. Every other aspect of abortion law would remain the same as before. Abortion law across all four nations of the UK is in urgent need of reform. MSI Reproductive Choices endorses the World Health Organisation (WHO) position that abortion should be fully decriminalised and regulated as healthcare. Pregnancy and pregnancy loss should never be criminalised.

This amendment is an important milestone in fully modernising abortion law and provision across the UK. You can read our full position paper on our vision for decriminalising abortion here.

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Diana Johnson MP has tabled an amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill which would stop anyone facing prosecution for ending their own pregnancy in England and Wales. MPs will soon have the opportunity to vote on this amendment in the House of Commons. If you’d like your MP to vote for this important milestone in UK abortion rights, write and let them know.

This amendment would not remove abortion from criminal law. Every other aspect of abortion law would remain the same as before. Abortion law across all four nations of the UK is in urgent need of reform. MSI Reproductive Choices endorses the World Health Organisation (WHO) position that abortion should be fully decriminalised and regulated as healthcare. Pregnancy and pregnancy loss should never be criminalised.

This amendment is an important milestone in fully modernising abortion law and provision across the UK. You can read our full position paper on our vision for decriminalising abortion here.

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Sir Keir will get us across the line, like the French.

Vive La France!
 
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I’ve shown you the guidelines, the actual law (not glamour magazines version) and the NHS web page. None of it says you seek approval for the abortion and 2 doctors asses if your reason is valid. Their scope is entirely limited to the risk of the procedure, the time limit. and they are duty bound to act in good faith.
Clueless.

HSA1 form boyo...

Form HSA1 must be completed, signed and dated by two registered medical practitioners before an abortion is performed under Section 1 (1) of the Abortion Act 1967. The HSA1 form must be kept with the patient notes for 3 years from the date of termination.
 
Their scope is entirely limited to the risk of the procedure
they have have assess risk to both physical and mental health

Sex selective abortion is not legal


So no it’s not just limited to the risk of the procedure
 
Clueless.

HSA1 form boyo...
Lets go over it again.. to see who is clueless and who has been educated..

You claim it was you who educated me about the Abortion Act. You quoted a snippet from your subscription to glamour magazine that was incomplete in #284
In #285 I provided you a link to the statute. I also provided you with the NHS guidance
In #286 You said I was wrong that the UK policy was more flexible than France. This is of course nonsense, because under French law a woman has 10 weeks less to request a legal abortion.
In #288 You said “enshrining the right of women to have an abortion into law, is pretty rock solid”. In #293 I asked you “What do you think the abortion act does. Do you think it enshrines the right of a woman to have an abortion?”
In #296 You defended your Glamour Magazine article over my link to the Abortion Act.
In #297 Your reply to the question “What do you think the abortion act does. Do you think it enshrines the right of a woman to have an abortion?” My Arse
In #298 I asked again why we should adopt the French approach.
In #301 you stated that you were possibly in favour of reducing the time limit in the UK
In #304 You said you wanted it simpler and more flexible, No silly Laws to trip people up (I refer you to your post in #288). So now you want the right not to be enshrined in law?
In #306 “Glad were on the same page as the French, in many respects. Free abortions etc. “ It seems this was the point that you became aware that abortions were down to choice and free in the UK, “just like France”. Which I went on to point out is not completely true.
In #309 You asserted it was Free in France, despite me explaining the Insurance system which may not cover all aspects.
In #310 trying to keep it simple for you I said “More time to choose, no possibility of a bill.” which is better than in France.

Then you started digging your heals in about it being better in France. Even though they can incur bills, have less time to choose and may not have all aspects of the procedure and complications covered by insurance. We then had several pages where you appeared to accept we had everything you wanted and went back to insulting people - save for a reduction in time to choose to make it “simpler and more flexible”. I still dont understand how having the risk of a bill and less time to choose is simpler and more flexible. But it’s what you want.

In #400 You issued you 5 commandments of Abortion. Feeling a bit sorry for hounding your thinking, I didn’t point out that these are entirely provided for in the UK system and would be less provided for if we adopted the amendments you want to make… to make it more flexible by adopting a regime that has less time to choose and may not be entirely free.

In #408 You stated a different view.
In #416 I asked you if you had changed your mind.
In #425 you went back to abuse, perhaps because you’d realised that you started a threat to champion a regime that was not as good as the one we already had in place.
In #428 You reiterated that you thought Abortion was free in France. But I’ve already shown you that is not always true.
In #432 you challenged my statement that a woman can self refer and stated a Woman must have approval from 2 doctors to avoid prosecution. In fact the abortion act states no such thing.. but you went on.
In #434 You posted from an unknown source that A woman must have the approval from 2 doctors. In fact they simply sign-off their assessment against the legal criteria. They have no role to be judge
In #438 You claimed you did not dispute the fact that its the woman’s choice and then restated your unknown source.

Again you want the UK system to be simpler but can’t state why. You focused on Doctors approval (it is actually an assessment, not an approval). You then said you don’t want the doctors assessment to be removed. Again what is it you want to simplify?

In #457 you said “in the UK, women require the prior approval of two doctors for an abortion.” This is not true, the role of the doctor is to assess the criteria and record that the abortion is legal. I did provide you with the Legal text in 285. But you want to rely on Glamour magazine and some unknown source.

In #462 You did a load of research and misquoted some legislation, probably due to cut and paste errors so I’ll let you off. It was good to see you do some homework.

For the most recent posts you argued you knew this all along and it was you that had educated me on the law. I refer you back to the links in #285.

In #480 you finally seemed to understand that the woman requesting an abortion is not subject to seeking approval from 2 doctors. Merely they must carry out an assessment and sign off on the risks and lawfulness.

No doubt you will claim this is tireless waffle, but in fact it is a transcript of your "knowledge" on the subject.
But Jeez it's been hard getting you there.

Are you now happy with the UK regime as it stands?
 
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Lets go over it again.. to see who is clueless and who has been educated..

You claim it was you who educated me about the Abortion Act. You quoted a snippet from your subscription to glamour magazine that was incomplete in #284
In #285 I provided you a link to the statute. I also provided you with the NHS guidance
In #286 You said I was wrong that the UK policy was more flexible than France. This is of course nonsense, because under French law a woman has 10 weeks less to request a legal abortion.
In #288 You said “enshrining the right of women to have an abortion into law, is pretty rock solid”. In #293 I asked you “What do you think the abortion act does. Do you think it enshrines the right of a woman to have an abortion?”
In #296 You defended your Glamour Magazine article over my link to the Abortion Act.
In #297 Your reply to the question “What do you think the abortion act does. Do you think it enshrines the right of a woman to have an abortion?” My Arse
In #298 I asked again why we should adopt the French approach.
In #301 you stated that you were possibly in favour of reducing the time limit in the UK
In #304 You said you wanted it simpler and more flexible, No silly Laws to trip people up (I refer you to your post in #288). So now you want the right not to be enshrined in law?
In #306 “Glad were on the same page as the French, in many respects. Free abortions etc. “ It seems this was the point that you became aware that abortions were down to choice and free in the UK, “just like France”. Which I went on to point out is not completely true.
In #309 You asserted it was Free in France, despite me explaining the Insurance system which may not cover all aspects.
In #310 trying to keep it simple for you I said “More time to choose, no possibility of a bill.” which is better than in France.

Then you started digging your heals in about it being better in France. Even though they can incur bills, have less time to choose and may not have all aspects of the procedure and complications covered by insurance. We then had several pages where you appeared to accept we had everything you wanted and went back to insulting people - save for a reduction in time to choose to make it “simpler and more flexible”. I still dont understand how having the risk of a bill and less time to choose is simpler and more flexible. But it’s what you want.

In #400 You issued you 5 commandments of Abortion. Feeling a bit sorry for hounding your thinking, I didn’t point out that these are entirely provided for in the UK system and would be less provided for if we adopted the amendments you want to make… to make it more flexible by adopting a regime that has less time to choose and may not be entirely free.

In #408 You stated a different view.
In #416 I asked you if you had changed your mind.
In #425 you went back to abuse, perhaps because you’d realised that you started a threat to champion a regime that was not as good as the one we already had in place.
In #428 You reiterated that you thought Abortion was free in France. But I’ve already shown you that is not always true.
In #432 you challenged my statement that a woman can self refer and stated a Woman must have approval from 2 doctors to avoid prosecution. In fact the abortion act states no such thing.. but you went on.
In #434 You posted from an unknown source that A woman must have the approval from 2 doctors. In fact they simply sign-off their assessment against the legal criteria. They have no role to be judge
In #438 You claimed you did not dispute the fact that its the woman’s choice and then restated your unknown source.

Again you want the UK system to be simpler but can’t state why. You focused on Doctors approval (it is actually an assessment, not an approval). You then said you don’t want the doctors assessment to be removed. Again what is it you want to simplify?

In #457 you said “in the UK, women require the prior approval of two doctors for an abortion.” This is not true, the role of the doctor is to assess the criteria and record that the abortion is legal. I did provide you with the Legal text in 285. But you want to rely on Glamour magazine and some unknown source.

In #462 You did a load of research and misquoted some legislation, probably due to cut and paste errors so I’ll let you off. It was good to see you do some homework.

For the most recent posts you argued you knew this all along and it was you that had educated me on the law. I refer you back to the links in #285.

In #480 you finally seemed to understand that the woman requesting an abortion is not subject to seeking approval from 2 doctors. Merely they must carry out an assessment and sign off on the risks and lawfulness.

No doubt you will claim this is tireless waffle, but in fact it is a transcript of your "knowledge" on the subject.
But Jeez it's been hard getting you there.

Are you now happy with the UK regime as it stands?
loads of logical fallacies including ad hominem attacks in that lot
MTB is getting angry


your entire argument hinges on this:
“in the UK, women require the prior approval of two doctors for an abortion.”
you claim: "This is not true, the role of the doctor is to assess the criteria and record that the abortion is legal."

you are wrong for 2 reasons:

1) doctors have to assess whether they consider the abortion may cause harm to the womans mental health

2) doctors have to assess whether the abortion may risk physical health


those are medical, therefore the doctors approval is medical not solely legal as you claim
 
loads of logical fallacies including ad hominem attacks in that lot
MTB is getting angry


your entire argument hinges on this:
“in the UK, women require the prior approval of two doctors for an abortion.”
you claim: "This is not true, the role of the doctor is to assess the criteria and record that the abortion is legal."

you are wrong for 2 reasons:

1) doctors have to assess whether they consider the abortion may cause harm to the womans mental health

2) doctors have to assess whether the abortion may risk physical health


those are medical, therefore the doctors approval is medical not solely legal as you claim
He's just angry he was proven wrong.
He was even daft enought to say that because the NHS Web page never said about the two doctors thing, that it didn't exist.

I think he's actually in shock, now that I pointed out the HSA1 form to him. I read it in a woman's magazine somewhere. The irony of a woman hater being proven wrong by a woman's magazine lol.
 
Proven wrong. :LOL: You silly sod, now you arguing a form that records information trumps the abortion act?

Have you actually read the statute? that I posted at the start.


I have stated that a woman does not require the approval of two doctors. This is correct

I have stated the two doctors are required to form an opinion in good faith that the termination is lawful. This is Correct. They are not required to give their approval. Nothing in the Abortion Act states they must approve. If you think otherwise please post it.

For terminations where there is no abnormality or risk to life - section 1.1a is the criteria

(a) that the pregnancy has not exceeded its twenty-fourth week and that the continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk, greater than if the pregnancy were terminated, of injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman or any existing children of her family; or

it does not say grave risk or serious risk, there is no minimum criteria.
- The woman doesn't want the baby, the risk is lower than giving birth (it usually is) and its within the 24 week limit. That is it.

What could be simpler than that?

Further HSA1 states:

This certificate of opinion is given before the commencement of the treatment for the termination of pregnancy
to which it refers and relates to the circumstances of the pregnant woman's individual case.

Do you understand the difference between giving an opinion and giving approval?

Give it up we have 30+ pages of your stupidy and it continues.
 
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