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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maya Oppenheim

‘Women have waited long enough’: Sunak’s election halts abortion decriminalisation as providers demand change

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Rishi Sunak’s decision to call a snap election has dashed abortion providers’ hopes abortion will soon be decriminalised.

Cross-party MPs, including Labour’s Stella Creasy and Diana Johnson, had proposed amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill that would have decriminalised abortion that were due to be voted on in parliament on 4 June.

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