British doctors are to vote later this month on whether to call for abortion to be legal for any reason up to birth.
Around 500 doctors attending the British Medical Association’s annual meeting this year will take part in the vote after a special debate session on June 27.
The motion comes after Members of Parliament voted in favour of the measure in a largely symbolic vote in March.
If the motion passes, the British Medical Association - the trade union for Britain's doctors - will adopt the so-called "decriminalisation" of abortion as its official policy, and begin lobbying Government to change the law.
