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Celebrating 40 years of legal abortion |
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Now it’s time to let women decide
Voice For Choice member organisations will be organising a series of events throughout the year to mark the 40th anniversary of
the 1967 Abortion Act.
Download our Fact Sheet to find out more (PDF, 424Kb)
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VfC calls on MPs to amend the 1967 Abortion Act |
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In 1990, the 1967 Abortion Act was amended to reduce the legal time limit for abortion from 28 to 24 weeks through an amendment to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (HFE) Act 1990. Following 18 years of scientific and technical research, and developments in clinical practice, the HFE Act 1990 is being modernised through the HFE Bill 2008.
The 1967 Abortion Act, which came into effect 40 years ago this year, has never been significantly updated. It needs modernising in a number of important ways and it needs to be extended to Northern Ireland.
Download our briefing for MPs (PDF, 140Kb), who will be debating amendments to the 1967 Act on Monday 14 July 2008.
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- Abortion be available solely at the request of the pregnant woman within existing legal time limits
- Abortion services are subject to the same statutory regulations as other medical services
- Suitably trained nurse practitioners be allowed to provide early medical and surgical abortions, in both the NHS and non-NHS sector
- The law in Northern Ireland be brought into line with the rest of the UK
- Current legal abortion rights are defended
The coalition includes:
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