3 w. ago Voices: No woman should go to jail for ending a pregnancy – but the abortion law reforms don’t go far enough

This vote to decriminalise abortion was historic and long overdue, says barrister Charlotte Proudman – but if we stop here, we leave millions of women at risk

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3 w. ago What are Scotland's abortion laws as MPs vote to decriminalise procedure in England

MPs voted for an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill in the House of Commons on Tuesday

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3 w. ago Labour MPs call for abortion to be decriminalised in Scotland after vote at Westminster

EXCLUSIVE: Lillian Jones and Joani Reid have urged the Scottish Government to make sure no woman is prosecuted for having an abortion.

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3 w. ago MPs vote in favour of measures to decriminalise abortion in move to make biggest law change in more than 50 years

Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi's amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill was supported, with MPs voting 379 to 137, majority 242.

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3 w. ago MPs vote to decriminalise abortion – what is the law and how will it change?

MPs argued in the debate that the UK's abortion law had been ‘increasingly used against vulnerable women and girls’

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3 w. ago MPs vote in favour of measures to decriminalise abortion for women

Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi’s amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill was supported, with MPs voting 379 to 137, majority 242.

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3 w. ago MPs back bill to end criminal penalties for abortion in key vote

Parliament votes on biggest shake-up to reproductive rights in England and Wales in 60 yearsCasey says in the past government has talked relentlessly about the need for better data sharing between departments.But she says there is a need to consider making this mandatory.I was there when the tragedy of Soham happened. We knew at that point that if we had had better data sharing there’s a possibility that we might have saved those girls’ lives. There’s certaintly an absolute clarity that intelligence would have been much faster in either avoiding it or or actually finding that dreadful human being earlier.And we’ve known that forever onwards. And so I think there is also an issue that the Home Office can’t drag their feet on, looking at police intelligence systems, given we’ve living in the 21st century. Probably everbody in this room can connect within seconds. Yet we had Befordshire police finding a young boy that was being, in my mind trafficked to London. But the data intelligenc...

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3 w. ago MPs vote to decriminalise abortion in biggest change to reproductive rights in decades

Move opposed by senior politicians including the justice secretary Shabana Mahmood, who branded it ‘extreme’

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3 w. ago Decriminalising abortion is a major step toward giving women full control over their bodies

Kate Devlin examines what the historic vote means for women in England and Wales

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3 w. ago MPs back major abortion law change to decriminalise women in landmark vote

Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi urged the Commons to take a 'once in a generation' opportunity to change abortion laws, but critics said the move would be 'dangerous'

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3 w. ago ‘Cruel’ criminalisation of women over abortion must end, says MP ahead of vote

Tonia Antoniazzi said her proposed ‘narrow, targeted’ measure does not change the rules under the 1967 Abortion Act.

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3 w. ago Women being prosecuted under 19th century law passed by men, MP says, before vote on decriminalising abortion – UK politics live

Parliament to vote on decriminalising abortion in what would be biggest shake-up to reproductive rights in England and Wales in 60 yearsCasey says in the past government has talked relentlessly about the need for better data sharing between departments.But she says there is a need to consider making this mandatory.I was there when the tragedy of Soham happened. We knew at that point that if we had had better data sharing there’s a possibility that we might have saved those girls’ lives. There’s certaintly an absolute clarity that intelligence would have been much faster in either avoiding it or or actually finding that dreadful human being earlier.And we’ve known that forever onwards. And so I think there is also an issue that the Home Office can’t drag their feet on, looking at police intelligence systems, given we’ve living in the 21st century. Probably everbody in this room can connect within seconds. Yet we had Befordshire police finding a young boy that was being, in my mind tr...

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3 w. ago MPs to debate proposals to decriminalise abortion – UK politics live

Parliament to vote on decriminalising abortion in what would be biggest shake-up to reproductive rights in England and Wales in 60 yearsCasey says in the past government has talked relentlessly about the need for better data sharing between departments.But she says there is a need to consider making this mandatory.I was there when the tragedy of Soham happened. We knew at that point that if we had had better data sharing there’s a possibility that we might have saved those girls’ lives. There’s certaintly an absolute clarity that intelligence would have been much faster in either avoiding it or or actually finding that dreadful human being earlier.And we’ve known that forever onwards. And so I think there is also an issue that the Home Office can’t drag their feet on, looking at police intelligence systems, given we’ve living in the 21st century. Probably everbody in this room can connect within seconds. Yet we had Befordshire police finding a young boy that was being, in my mind tr...

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3 w. ago MPs to vote on decriminalising abortion – what is the law and how could it change?

The vote could result in a major change to how abortion law is policed in the UK

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3 w. ago ‘I gave birth three months early – then police investigated me over an illegal abortion’

As MPs call on parliament to vote over decriminalising abortion, one woman tells Bel Trew how the traumatic premature birth of her baby was exacerbated by a year-long police investigation

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3 w. ago MPs are set for crunch vote on decriminalising abortion TODAY as biggest law change in more than 50 years seeks to protect women

Currently abortion is a criminal offence in England and Wales unless it takes place before 24 weeks into a pregnancy and with the approval of doctors.

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3 w. ago Voices: Why it’s never been more important to decriminalise abortion

As MPs are set to vote on an amendment to criminal law that would stop people being prosecuted for seeking abortions, Maya Oppenheim argues it’s a vital measure to improve women’s lives

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4 w. ago UK abortion laws set for huge overhaul as MPs vote on decriminalisation

According to proposed changes to UK abortion laws, MPs are set to vote on decriminalising terminations after 24 weeks or without approval from doctors in England and Wales

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