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Protect women's right to have legal abortions in the UK

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Since the American Supreme Court have over turned Roe V Wade, there have been many conversations regarding the protection of abortion rights within the United Kingdom. As a result, many women have been concerned about their right to bodily autonomy.
Over the past few months various Conservative MPs have come out saying they disagree with women having full right to bodily autonomy, as well as the British Government organised a multinational statement committing to fundamental rights of women and girls has been amended to remove references of sexual and reproductive rights - which is understandably is extremely alarming. We want to be ensured that as women, our right to body autonomy is secured.

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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Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 26 Jul 2022

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.