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'No foetal pain' before 24 weeks

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New reports have found no new scientific evidence to challenge the basis for the current abortion law.

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists says that a foetus cannot feel pain in the first six months of pregnancy.

Professor Richard Anderson discusses the new findings.


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