From the British press - excerpt below - hit the link forthe whole article
Third of GPs 'would refuse to work at surgery offering abortions' | Mail Online
A third of GPs would refuse to work in a surgery offering abortions, a poll has found.
Almost two-thirds oppose all plans to make it easier for women to get a termination, according to the survey.
Doctors say the Government's policy of making abortions available in doctors' surgeries, rather than only in hospitals or special clinics, will cause a massive increase in the numbers of women having them.
Britain's abortion rate is second only to that of the U.S. in the western world. Last year, almost 200,000 women had a termination.
At present, abortions can only be carried out in hospitals or in clinics. Ministers have had the power to allow terminations elsewhere since 1967, when abortion was legalised, but they had never done so.
Last year, however, the Government conducted a pilot study which found that women could safely receive 'early medical abortions' from nurses in 'community settings' - such as GP surgeries.
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