This legislation would also introduce protections against abortion access being stripped back.
access a human right in England and Wales. If the legislation is successful, this would lead to abortion being decriminalised up to 24 weeks and introduce protections against abortion access being stripped back. reported that “deeply traumatised” women are being prosecuted following abortions earlier this year.
The proposed changes to abortion legislation issued today will modernise abortion access and protections.exempted women and those who assist them from prosecution under stringent conditions, the legislation is still proving to be harmful and enacted even today.that women were accused of illegal abortions in England and Wales after miscarriages and stillbirths.: “While the case for decriminalisation is clear, how to do it in our current climate is not.
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