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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Hannah Al-Othman

Decriminalising abortion: how could the House of Lords amend the legislation?

A large crowd of protesters holding banners with slogans such as
Protesters in London in 2023 call for abortion to be decriminalised for women who have a termination outside the legal framework. Photograph: Sopa Images/LightRocket/Getty Images

MPs voted last year to end the criminalisation of women who terminate pregnancies outside the legal framework. It was hailed as the biggest step forward for reproductive rights in England and Wales in six decades.

On Wednesday evening, abortion law will again come under the parliamentary spotlight when members of the House of Lords put forward their proposed amendments to the legislation.

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