Decriminalise Abortion & remove it from the Offences against the Person Act 1861

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

The 1967 Abortion Act does not change the fact that Abortion is still a criminal Act in the U.K. to this day, excepting Northern Ireland. This must be remedied immediately by removing the process of abortion as a crime in the original Offences against the Person 1861 Act.

Women have a right to determine the destiny of their own body.

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:

Decriminalise abortion: Decriminalise abortion

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

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 14

Status Rejected

Rejected 8 Jul 2022

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