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Harriet Marsden

Abortion law reform: a question of safety?

Jailing of woman who took abortion pills after legal limit leads to calls to scrap ‘archaic’ 1861 legislation

Campaigners, healthcare organisations and some MPs are calling for reform of UK abortion law after a woman was jailed for terminating her pregnancy after the legal limit during the first national lockdown.

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