Enshrine the right to termination of pregnancy in UK law

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The Abortion Act 1967 permits abortion only on four grounds.
Whilst in practice termination tends to be freely available as a choice, the law does not reflect this.
I propose an amendment to the law so that prior to 24 weeks of gestation abortion is a right, with no specified grounds required.

Women now and in the future should be able to make informed choices about whether they wish to continue their pregnancies.
The law as it currently stands could be interpreted differently in the future and there could in theory be more restrictive practices than exist today.
There are many grounds on which a woman may choose to not proceed with a pregnancy and these should not have to be justified.
Abortion should be available; as early as possible and as late as necessary.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

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Include abortion rights in the Bill of Rights: Include abortion rights in the Bill of Rights

Timeline

26 Jun 2022	Petition opened for signatures
8 Jul 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 8 Jul 2022

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