Infant Life (Preservation) Bill correspondence and papers

Papers relating to Co-ord policy and action regarding the Infant Life Preservation Bill, including Co-ord briefing papers, a few letters to/from Lord Bishops, other related correspondence, copies of Hansard and Parliamentary Questions and Population Reference Information Service, copy extracts of Lane Committee Report, copy extracts of 1929 Act, copies and press cuttings of articles and book extracts, papers relating to past attempts and questions about amendment of the Act, papers of Co-ord Working Group on the Bill.

1980-1987

1 file (in 2 parts)

The Lord Bishop of Birmingham introduced in December 1986 a Private Members Bill to amend part of the 1929 Infant Life (Preservation) Act (ILPA). First reading Dec 1986. Debate during second reading scheduled for January 1987. The purpose of the Bill was to change the presumption of viability, currently set at 28 weeks' gestation, to 24 weeks and therby lower the upper time limit for abortion (the Bill would not apply to Scotland, like the 1929 Act). Co-ord opposed this Bill.