Submitted on Sunday 26th June 2022
Rejected on Friday 8th July 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Enshrine the right to termination of pregnancy in UK law
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.
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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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