He wants to force a voting on the proposed amendment when the Human Fertilization and Embryology bill is tackled by the House of Commons. Cameron told Daily Mail it is not a party stand, but it must be a conscience issue and a free vote.
Some MPs have proposed a 20 week maximum limit, but Cameron said he was not committing to a definite time frame.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is apparently not inclined to amend the law, citing the British Medical Association and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists that there is no need to change the 24 month limit.
In 1967, when abortion was legalized in the U.K., termination of fetuses were permitted up to its 28th week. In 1990, the MPs reduced the limit by 4 weeks. Since then 194,000 abortions had been performed in the U.K.
