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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

MPs to get free vote on decriminalising abortion in England and Wales

Diana Johnson
The MP Diana Johnson said abortion had already been decriminalised in Northern Ireland ‘and the sky has not fallen in’. Photograph: David Mirzoeff/PA

MPs are expected to get a free vote on decriminalising abortion when a Labour backbencher lays an amendment that would end the prosecution of women who terminate pregnancies after the 24-week limit.

Diana Johnson is expected to lay an amendment to the Criminal Justice Act next month that would stop the possibility of women being jailed for going ahead with abortions after the time limit.

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