The government has rejected Labour MPs’ calls for the complete decriminalisation of abortion, saying there are no plans for law change.
In England, Scotland, and Wales, abortions are generally only legal before 24 weeks of pregnancy and can only be carried out in hospitals or clinics after 10 weeks.
Pro-choice MPs called for a law change after a woman was jailed for killing her unborn baby at home with illegally-obtained abortion pills when she was eight months pregnant.
But justice minister Edward Argar told the House of Commons on Thursday that the government does not intend to change existing laws.
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Carla Foster, 44, was sent abortion-inducing drugs by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS)—a leading abortion provider—after she called them during lockdown in 2020 and lied about how far along in her pregnancy she was….