A report on Britain’s biggest abortion provider has revealed a raft of dangerous and questionable practices at its clinics across the country. Inspectors from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have detailed numerous failings at Maries Stopes clinics, including staff “bulk signing” consent forms, limited clinical oversight, poorly trained staff, and at least one case in which a vulnerable woman was given a termination despite not understanding what was going on. And in one clinic, obtaining consent was left to nurses and healthcare assistants, in breach of laws which state this should be done by doctors. Just last August, Marie Stopes suspended all terminations involving general anaesthetic and sedation, and all involving under 18s, after the Care Quality Commission (CQC) raised safety fears.