Vulnerable women in England still being arrested over suspected illegal abortions

Last June, MPs voted in favour of a change that will means women procuring a termination outside the legal framework cannot be prosecuted in England and Wales. Photograph: damircudic/Getty Images

Vulnerable women in England are still being arrested and facing police investigations over suspected illegal pregnancy terminations, despite parliament backing changes to the law to decriminalise abortion.

Responding to a freedom of information request, Nottinghamshire police and the Metropolitan police confirmed they had arrested women suspected of illegal terminations between June last year and this January.