‘Unprecedented’ rise in abortion prosecutions prompts name for legislation change
More than 30 medical organisations are urging Parliament to reform the legal guidelines round abortion.
As the legislation stands, ladies in England and Wales might be prosecuted if they don’t undergo official clinics to terminate their being pregnant.
A joint assertion signed by main abortion care suppliers and establishments such because the British Medical Association, Women’s Aid, and the Royal College of Gynaecologists, asks politicians to overview the legislation that criminalises ladies who finish their being pregnant outdoors the authorized abortion limits.
A Sky News investigation final 12 months revealed an increase within the variety of ladies going through prosecution over unlawful abortions.
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