Abortion Bill
In progressCurrently at: 2nd reading in the Commons.
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Long title
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.
Progress through Parliament
- 1st reading· Commons
23 October 2018 – 23 October 2018
- 2nd reading· Commons
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. Bill ID: 2302.