UK votes to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales

Headlines on health
19/06/2025 4 min
UK votes to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales

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The UK's original abortion law - approved in 1861 - stipulated that deliberately ending a pregnancy was a crime, and those who carried it out could be kept in penal servitude for life. The Parliament has now approved an amendment to that law to stop women from being prosecuted, which one Labour MP says has been happening to hundreds of vulnerable people over the years.

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