Dr. Sam Coulter Smith:

I hope we have demonstrated this morning that there is a requirement for legislation in this area. Life-saving procedures do not occur often, but they do occur. We carry out procedures which require interruption of pregnancy and therefore we need legislation, regulation and protection for doctors with regard to these procedures. Maternal medicine clinics exist in other hospitals and are a fantastic multi-disciplinary care set-up. They provide best practice care for our patients and ideally should be rolled out to every maternity unit.