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The Guardian - UK
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Hannah Al-Othman

Creasy attempt to change abortion law ‘not supported by service providers’

Stella Creasy
Stella Creasy’s amendment seeks to decriminalise abortion up to 24 weeks, negating elements of the Abortion Act. Photograph: Nicola Tree

An attempt to change the law on abortion led by the Labour MP Stella Creasy is not supported by “any of the abortion providers in the country”, a leading pro-choice charity has said.

Rachael Clarke, the head of advocacy at the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (Bpas), said Creasy’s NC20 amendment to the criminal justice bill “is not the right way” to overhaul abortion laws.

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