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United Kingdom · Bill · Private Members' Bill (under the Ten Minute Rule)

Bill 2302

Abortion Bill

openUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

Introduced

23 October 2018

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Status

2nd reading

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17 September 2019

Summary

A Bill to amend the law relating to abortion in England and Wales, and Northern Ireland; to remove criminal liability in respect of abortion performed with the consent of the pregnant woman up to the twenty-fourth week of pregnancy; to repeal sections 59 and 60 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861; to create offences of termination of a pregnancy after its twenty-fourth week and non-consensual termination of a pregnancy; to amend the law relating to conscientious objection to participation in abortion treatment; and for connected purposes.

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