Fight the latest attempts to decriminalise abortion

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On Tuesday 17th June, MPs voted to expand our already horrific abortion laws even further. Abortion advocates in Parliament hijacked the Government’s Crime and Policing Bill by tabling amendments to remove abortion from the criminal law.

New Clause 1

New Clause 1, tabled by Tonia Antoniazzi MP, seeks to change criminal law so that “no offence is committed by a woman acting in relation to her own pregnancy” at any gestation. This means that a woman who induced her abortion at home using pills (or any other method) at any stage of pregnancy, including just before natural birth, would not commit a crime.

This was approved by 379 votes to 137.

New Clause 20

New Clause 20, tabled by Stella Creasy MP, is even more extreme. It completely repeals the laws that form the legal underpinning of the current abortion law, meaning that there’d be no way to bring an abusive partner who causes the death of an unborn baby to justice.

After being criticised by the Government Minister, this was not voted on.

During the course of the debate, there were strong contributions by MPs speaking against the decriminalisation amendments. Many spoke about the dangerous pills by post scheme, the true reason behind the rise in prosecutions of women for abortion.

Separately, a debate was held on the subject of decriminalisation on 2nd June in Westminster Hall. Such debates cannot change the law but raise awareness of an issue.

Briefings on both amendments and recent polling can be found below.

Briefing on New Clause 1 tabled by
Tonia Antoniazzi MP

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Briefing on New Clause 20 tabled by
Stella Creasy MP

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Does the public support decriminalising abortion?

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