Reviewing the records, the GP noticed that the patient had had a termination of pregnancy 30 years ago, next to which it was documented that her husband was unaware.
After previous legal action by the charity, the department of health issued a 20-page document in 2009 containing guidance for health professionals on the termination of pregnancy in Northern Ireland.
Mrs Winterton's Termination of Pregnancy (Counselling and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill is the third abortion-related Ten Minute Rule Bill to be introduced in eight months - all have which have been rejected by MPs.
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It says the NHS - specifically GPs - should provide "independent information, advice and counselling services for women requesting termination of pregnancy" - and it defines "independent" as an organisation that does not itself provide abortions.
He added that he wants to know why there was not an early intervention in terms of a termination of the pregnancy.
Another pro-choice doctor, Peadar O'Grady - a consultant child psychologist - said there has been an amazing change in Irish attitudes to pregnancy termination.
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"It's not a termination of a pregnancy, it's's an extermination of a defenseless little life, " longtime abortion foe Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.) argued during House floor debate.
The inquest comes amid reports that a request by Savita Halappanavar for a termination of her pregnancy is recorded in the medical notes by the consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist who treated her before she died.
Fine Gael is the largest partner in the Irish coalition government but several of the party's politicians have expressed unease about the proposal to legislate for the credible threat of suicide as a grounds for a pregnancy termination.
They believe the government's expected decision to legislate for abortion where there is a threat to the mother's life as distinct from her health is a good first step, especially as the credible threat of suicide will be included as a grounds for a pregnancy termination.
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The forced termination of Ms. Feng's pregnancy unleashed a torrent of outrage in China and elsewhere in mid-June after graphic photos of her in the hospital next to the aborted fetus, a girl, were posted online.
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