GIRLS aged 12 could be given drugs to induce home abortions under plans being debated by MPs this week

Liberal Democrat member Evan Harris believes schoolgirls 9 weeks pregnant should be allowed to take pills with no need to inform their parents.

Anti-abortion campaigners are outraged. Tory MP Nadine Dorries, a former nurse who wants to reduce the abortion time limit, warned: “We are talking about young girls who will go home and abort on their own.

“Women who are aborting should be in an environment where they can be given advice, reassurance and adequate pain relief.”

The changes backed by Dr Harris will be debated as part of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill which returns to the Commons this week after a stormy second reading.

Dr Harris believes …