Abortion (Foetus Protection) Act 2017

Nursery World
Thursday, September 28, 2017

If passed, this bill will change the abortion limit from 24 to 12 weeks.

Brought forward by Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, the bill had its first reading on 5 July.

No second reading has yet been scheduled.

Parliament last voted on this issue in 2008, rejecting options from 12 to 22 weeks in a series of votes.

https://services.parliament.uk/Bills/2017-19/abortionfoetusprotection.html

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