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David Hughes

No 10 says abortion law change must be ‘safe and workable’

The Commons voted by a majority of 242 to back Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi’s amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill (PA) - (PA Archive)

A proposed change to abortion laws must be “workable and safe”, Downing Street said after MPs voted to decriminalise women terminating their own pregnancies in England and Wales.

The Commons voted by a majority of 242 to back Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi’s amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill.

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