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

TfL blocks ads calling on people to lobby MPs to decriminalise abortion

Bpas ad featuring an abortion arrest case document
An ad from the Bpas campaign, which has advertising regulator approval, on a Southampton street. Photograph: Bpas

Transport for London has blocked adverts that urge people to lobby their MPs to vote to decriminalise abortion from running on its network because it claims they could bring the police and City Hall into disrepute.

Parliament is expected to vote on whether to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales in the coming weeks, with amendments tabled to the crime and policing bill seeking to change the law.

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