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  Health and Social Care Bill 2011 - Clause 14 - Other Services Etc. Provided As Part Of The Health Service
  
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  The majority of MPs voted against a proposal to require independent advice be made available to women requesting an abortion. 
  
  The proposal was debated as the Health and Social Care Bill 2011[1] was being debated.  
  
  The text of the rejected amendment, number 1221[2], was:
  
  :pageÂ 9,Â lineÂ 37, at end insert- 
  :( ) After paragraph 8 insert-
  
  "Provision of independent information, advice and counselling services for women requesting a termination of pregnancy
  
  :8A (1) A local authority must make available to women requesting termination of pregnancy from any clinical commissioning group the option of receiving independent information, advice and counselling.
  
  :(2) In this paragraph, information, advice and counselling are independent where they are provided by either-
  
  :(a) a private body that does not itself refer, provide or have any financial interest in providing for the termination of pregnancies; or
  
  :(b) a statutory body.â.-
  
  The rejected amendment was proposed by Conservative MP Nadine Dorries. 
  
  
  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-11/healthandsocialcare.html Parliament's webpage on the Health and Social Care Bill] 
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2010-2012/0221/amend/pbc2210709m.3161-3167.html House of Commons Health and Social Care Bill 2011 Amendment Sheet for 7th September] 
  
  
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