Submitted on Saturday 25th June 2022
Rejected on Friday 8th July 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Extend abortion rights to include being permitted for any reason
Introduce legislation modifying the law in England and Wales to provide the right for abortions to be permitted for any reason. Either up to 24 weeks, or 12 in common with Northern Ireland.
Also require only one practitioner to certify that any of the other grounds are met, rather than two.
It is important that the right to access an abortion is protected. Currently there are differences between UK countries in the rights to access abortion. Introducing a right for any reason, up to 24 weeks, or 12 weeks in common with NI, would secure access to this important healthcare need.
Reducing certification for other reasons to one practitioner also increases privacy and ensures prompt access to services.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Decriminalise abortion: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/619159
Include abortion rights in the Bill of Rights: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/619334
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