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HL HL9473
Abortion
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15 July 2025
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Summary
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the legal protections of unborn children in the event that abortion is decriminalised through the repeal of sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 and the Infant Lif
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15 July 2025
Written question
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the legal protections of unborn children in the event that abortion is decriminalised through the repeal of sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 and the Infant Lif
Source: Lords
8 August 2025
Answer
Existing criminal offences relating to fetuses are contained in the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 and the Infant Life Preservation Act 1929.The House of Commons has voted to add a clause to the Crime and Policing Bill which disapplies the criminal ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-07-15/HL9473
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1823804
- uk · wq-1823804 · source updated 8 August 2025