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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Alexandra Topping and Tobi Thomas

Calls for abortion to be decriminalised amid row over jailing of UK woman

Pro-choice supporters demonstrate in Parliament Square, London, in May last year over the Roe v Wade decision in the US.
Pro-choice supporters demonstrate in Parliament Square, London in May last year over the Roe v Wade decision in the US. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Leading women’s health experts have warned of an attack on women’s reproductive rights and the potential for more prosecutions, following the jailing of a woman for terminating her pregnancy after the legal time limit.

The president of the UK’s leading body for sexual health professionals said that women should be “more worried than they are” following the sentencing, adding that it could lead to sustained attacks on established rights, and efforts to curtail reforms.

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