Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi put forward the amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill, which was passed by a majority of 242 votes.

"these women need care and support, and not criminalisation.

"Each one of these cases is a travesty, enabled by our outdated abortion law,"

"Originally passed by an all-male parliament elected by men alone, this Victorian law is increasingly used against vulnerable women and girls."

#DecriminaliseAbortion

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2le12114j9o.amp

MPs vote to decriminalise abortion for women in England and Wales - BBC News

The vote to decriminalise the procedure is the biggest change to abortion laws in England and Wales for nearly 60 years.

BBC News
MPs vote to decriminalise abortion in step forward for reproductive rights

Amendment to crime and policing bill will change law to end prosecution of women who terminate pregnancies

The Guardian
MPs vote to decriminalise abortion in step forward for reproductive rights

Amendment to crime and policing bill will change law to end prosecution of women who terminate pregnancies

The Guardian

As A British White Middle Age Man... It's more & more obvious to me that we need to shore up laws in the UK after watching the #USElection2024

We have to codify EVERYTHING now!

Petition: Decriminalise Abortion

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700014

#DecriminaliseAbortion #Election2024

Petition: Decriminalise Abortion

I am calling on the UK government to remove abortion from criminal law so that no pregnant person can be criminalised for procuring their own abortion.

Petitions - UK Government and Parliament

Write to your MP to support (this one extremely moderate) abortion law reform in England & Wales.

No one should face prosecution or jail for making a decision about their own body.

Especially not on the basis of a law passed in Victorian times.

#abortion #ukabortion #britishpolitics #decriminaliseabortion #prochoice #feminist #ukfeminism #VictorianBritain

https://www.msichoices.org.uk/news/why-we-back-diana-johnsons-amendment-to-the-criminal-justice-bill/

Why we back Diana Johnson’s amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill

Abortion is healthcare, not a crime. Learn why we back Diana Johnson’s amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill and what you can do to help.

MSI Reproductive Choices UK

'Abortion should not be a crime. Time to Act' Royal Courts of Justice, London Saturday 1pm.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/time-to-act-tickets-646932551677

#DecriminaliseAbortion #Protest #London

Time To Act

Time To Act is a protest to demand legal reform to the abortion law in Great Britain.

Eventbrite
A mother jailed for procuring her own miscarriage. Is that what we want in 21st-century Britain?

The use of archaic abortion legislation shows that reproductive rights hang by a slender thread, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian