[Livia]

Abortions are legal in the UK up to 28 weeks but only if there is a danger to the mother or if there is a medical reason. Most clinics will not abort after 18 weeks and some will not abort after 12 weeks. I'm sure it's not a decision most women enter into lightly, and to say that most are pressured into it is harsh at best and patronising at worst.

It is not illegal to commit suicide, although it used to be. It is illegal to assist someone to end their life and that's what Tony Nicklinson case was about. He is not physically capable of ending his own life so would have to be assisted, which could leave the person who assisted him facing a charge of manslaughter or even murder. The courts did not grant what he asked because they rightly said it is not for the courts to decide. It is for parliament to agree on a change of law, and that is quite correct. This issue is going to be raised in parliament after the recess. Personally, I think it's time that politicians reviewed this law especially as it seems to have a lot of public backing.