AN anti abortion organisation, Life, plans to seek a judicial review of Britain's abortion laws next week, based upon the case of the woman who terminated one twin because she could not cope.
A spokeswoman for Life said it hoped to clarify the existing law by ensuring that pregnant women know about the financial and practical help on offer before they choose to have an abortion.
Doctors at the Queen Charlotte Hospital had repeatedly refused to inform the 28 year old woman that she had been offered £60,000 to change her mind because they argued it was a breach of her confidentiality.
"We feel there should be fully informed patient consent and that offers of help from third parties should be divulged to them. We also think that the workings of the current law need to be questioned because it seems clear that doctors can interpret financial inconvenience as psychological stress and I don't think that was the original intention," the Life spokeswoman added.
Several Conservative MPs pledged their support for the campaign, claiming the case high lighted the problems in the existing law. Dame Jill Knight, chair of the Tory backbench health committee, said: "What is happening is not what was intended by those who voted for the Abortion Act. They did not intend that it should be used simply when the woman did not want the child."
The Queen Charlotte Hospital also announced an internal review over its handling of the case, following the worldwide furore.
Earlier, the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child withdrew its High Court injunction to prevent the termination of the twin following the announcement it had already taken place.
However, Mr Paul Tully, a spokesman for SPUC, said the organisation was concerned about the confusion over exactly when the 16 week old foetus was aborted, as on Monday the Queen Charlotte Hospital insisted the operation had not yet happened.