Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 17/06/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
House of Commons approves amendment to broader bill that would prevent women from being criminally punished under an antiquated law. Currently, a woman can face criminal charges for choosing to end a pregnancy after 24 weeks or without the approval of two doctors. The amendment passed 379-137. House will need to pass the crime bill before it goes to the House of Lords. Changes in the law implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic allow women to receive abortion pills through the mail and terminate their own pregnancies at home within the first 10 weeks. That has led to a handful of widely publicised cases in which women were prosecuted for illegally obtaining abortion pills. In May, Nicola Packer was acquitted after taking abortion medicine when she was around 26 weeks pregnant, beyond the legal limit of 10 weeks for taking such medication.
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