Does D Porter realise how long an accusation of rape can take to prove in court? Has s/he researched the statistics about how many "wrongly accused" rapists walk free from court, only to rape again? By the rationale perpetuated here, many women and girls would end up with unwanted children, even more agonising memories of an horrific ordeal. Until the justice system seeks to protect the victim rather than the criminal, this is not an option. Nor should it be. Also by this rationale, D Porter appears to be advocating "blame-free" abortions - it´s okay as long as the sex was not consensual, but for those women who have merely made a mistake, abortion is not an option?
Those who wish to restrict access to what is unfortunately a necessary part of modern life for many women - are you exempt from making mistakes? Abortion is never the easy option, but thankfully we now longer have to suffer our lives being ruined by pregnancy. Don´t let´s take a step backwards.

D Kenyon, Barcelona, Spain

The findings of this committee are clearly unsound and should be ignored. The committee was loaded from the start towards further liberalisation of our already very liberal abortion laws. The fact that Dr Evan Harris, a known left wing liberal has had such a biased influence on this select committee ( all 126 of his proposed amendments were accepted) says it all really. Nadine Dorries and Bob Spink should be applauded for standing up to such bullies and producing their own minority report, thus exposing the sham of the majority report. Is this what the government calls democracy and a balanced carefully considered view,? If so, no wonder we continue to have the highest abortion rates in Europe.

Simon Icke, Aylesbury , UK

Chris Newell:

Not, surely, if the MP believes the Committee has not fulfilled its remit. Then he or she has a duty to speak out on behalf of us all and in defence of the integrity of Parliament.

Pauline Gately, Surrey,

If women do not need to get two doctors to permit an abortion, but instead have early and simple procedures with trained nurses, then abortions will be done much earlier than they are now.
This will, in practice, bring the time of abortion down to an earlier limit.

I doubt if pro-life campaigners will welcome this lowering of the time limit. That is because they are being dishonest. They are not seeking to make abortion earlier, and therefore safer and less ethically distressing.

What they really want is to abolish abortion, thrusting women back into the days of illegal abortion.

I come from a medical family. Older relatives recall how women died due to illegal abortions. How they were damaged for life, unable to have another child later when their circumstances improved. How many were injured, terrified, infected.

They tell of how the numbers of abortions were the same as now. Just dirty, infectious, dangerous, life threatening.

Shan Morgain, Newport, Wales, Wales UK

If an MP is not prepared to accept the conclusions of a select committee acting as a whole then they should not participate in a select committee review.

Nadine Dorries and a Bob Spink should be penalised for trying to subvert the democratic processes of parliament.

Chris Newell, Surrey,

Wow,
if you don't like someone's idea why not really trample on them: "amusing mish mash of paranoid conspiracy theories, pseudo-scientific clap-trap and anti-abortion zealotry".

It seems that if someone doesn't like another's idea the best way to deal with it is through personal criticism, use of emotive language and plain insults.

And these are the people responsible for "improving" our abortion laws. Simply put - I DO NOT TRUST PEOPLE LIKE THAT.

What hellish world are we creating for ourselves under the guise of personal freedom?
We use the anaesthetic of rational science to soothe our consciences and blind our senses to right and wrong. Good grief when was the last time science was EVER able to determine the difference between right and wrong - never! It is not a scientific concept but a human / religious one.

We are litterally creating a nation whose religion is consumerism. Where desires are gods, feelings are morals and its currency is human sacrifice.

Nathan, Inverness, Scotland, UK

The term liberal facist is becoming less of an oxymoron. Reading some of the comments on this subject it seems the opinion of men means little. Hardly surprising when the voice of the unborn counts for absolutely nothing. Rights outweigh responsibilities in all things, including the right to life. I only hope that those on the committee who also embrace voluntary euthanasia take advantage of their beliefs by setting us an example.

Alan, Luton,

Should only be available for strict medical reasons and possibly those of rape where prooved in court. Occasionally available in extreme metal stress cases as judged by 2 phsychiatrists.

D Porter, Hull,