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" The Archbishop of Canterbury has warned that the British public is losing its &amp;#039;moral focus&amp;#039; on abortion. Dr Rowan Williams claims people now regard abortion as a normal procedure instead of a last resort. Ahead of the 40th anniversary of the 1967 Abortion Act next week, Dr Williams believes that the current 24-week limit for abortions should be reviewed. &amp;#039;This issue needs attention if only because of the fact that the existing law assumes a rather less developed state of medical science than is now the case,&amp;#039; Dr Williams wrote in today&amp;#039;s Observer newspaper. &amp;#039;What people might now call their &amp;#039;default position&amp;#039; was still that abortion was a profoundly undesirable thing and that a universal presumption of care for the foetus from the moment of conception was the norm. &amp;#039;There has been an obvious weakening of the feeling that abortion is a last resort in cases of extreme danger or distress. &amp;#039;Nearly 200,000 abortions a year in England and Wales tell their own story. We are not now dealing with a relatively small number of extreme cases.&amp;#039; More than 50 babies with club feet were aborted in south-west England between 2002 and 2005, according to the latest figures from the South West Congenital Anomaly Register. Thirty-seven babies with cleft lips or palates and 26 with extra or webbed fingers or toes were also aborted. Dr Williams, spiritual leader for about 70 million Anglicans worldwide, claims the debate about women being given abortion inducing drugs at home questions whether abortion is now a moral decision. &amp;#039;The pregnant woman who smokes or drinks heavily is widely regarded as guilty of infringing the rights of her unborn child,&amp;#039; Dr Williams added. &amp;#039;Yet at the same time, with no apparent sense of incongruity, there is discussion of the possibility of the liberty of the pregnant woman herself to perform the actions that will terminate a pregnancy.&amp;#039; \u00A9 Adfero Ltd "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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