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If we pass this, a woman will hear that it is now not a crime to abort her baby at any time, because Clause 191 does not relate only to abortions after 24 weeks; it applies to all abortions, saying that a woman does not commit an offence if she acts to terminate her own pregnancy. This will inevitably cause women to think that it can be done to birth, and that the Government would not legislate if it were dangerous for her to do so.