Electoral Dysfunction: Should anybody go to jail for an abortion?

A landmark invoice is because of be voted on within the House of Commons subsequent week that would decriminalise abortion for ladies in England and Wales.

Currently, any girl who has had an abortion after 24 weeks – with out two docs signing it off – may very well be jailed underneath a Victorian regulation. So why has it taken till 2025 for this vote? And who’re the ladies whose tales have led to a possible change within the regulation?

Beth, Ruth and Harriet communicate to Tonia Antoniazzi, the Labour MP proposing an modification on the Crime and Policing Bill.

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