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

Lords urged to ensure women criminalised for abortion are ‘not left behind’

Pro-choice protesters hold up a sign that says 'For a woman's right to choose'
A pro-choice campaign rally near parliament in June last year during a vote on amendments to the crime and policing bill. Photograph: Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images

Women who have been arrested, investigated and convicted under abortion legislation in England and Wales “must not be left behind” if the law is changed to prevent women being criminalised in future, campaigners have said.

Last summer, the House of Commons voted to end the criminalisation of women who terminate their pregnancies outside the legal framework, through a new clause in the crime and policing bill.

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