[edcoil]

How many foreign abortions does the UK government fund?

[DeaconBenjamin]

Doctors told to try and talk women giving birth out of having epidurals to save NHS money (as they cost £200 a pop)

In too much of a hurry.

[G Larry]

Socialists should be encouraged to save money by avoiding all medical care.

[popdonnelly]

All the medical care the government wants you to have!

[Tax-chick]

Hopefully a large number of women will invite the doctors to try giving birth themselves, first.

(This comment has been redacted from something much, much more forceful and descriptive.)

[Lorianne]

I bet they are not trying to talk them out of epidurals within arms reach of the women.

[CitizenM]

When it comes to abortions....Liberals/Progressives proclaim that women have a right to make decisions about their own bodies.

But when it comes to relieving pain - then women must submit to the government dictating how much suffering a woman's body should endure.

The Liberal/Progressive mind is a cauldron of contradictions.

[cherry]

..and I and them to start talking men out of having anesthesia when they get their prostates yanked....

[mrsmel]

And to think that we’ve been deprived of the wonders of socialised medicine, but not to worry, Obamacare’s trying to fix that.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***and very strong painkillers during birth to save the NHS money. ***

If I remember, painkillers during birth were not used until QUEEN VICTORIA used them in the birth of her children.

Then everyone started using them because if it was good for the Queen it was ok for everyone else.

Now it looks like it will be allowed for Royalty and high payers again.

Peasants be damned.

[JimC214]

When my wife gave birth to our children, all 3 times the hospital was encouraging the woman to have a natural child birth. No pain killers of any kind. But it was a choice and not a requirement. Also the reason given was that it was better for the child, not to save money as is the case of the NHS.

[Beowulf9]

Coming soon to a country near you:)

[DPMD]

Everybody knows that if they want the funds to supply the epidurals, all they have to do is raise taxes. Again and again. That’s not asking too much, is it?

Other people’s money. Maggie Thatcher.

[Lockbox]

that’s the problem with free health care, you get what you pay for.........

[DesScorp]

But...but... but... government health care means improved care, right? Hello? Bueller? Bueller?

[Right Wing Assault]

try and talk

Now the Brits don't even know grammar?

[ctdonath2]

The point where my wife asked for the epidural would have been a very, VERY bad time to try talking her out of it.