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Decriminalise abortion for any reason in the whole of the UK

Submitted on Thursday 28th July 2022

Rejected on Tuesday 9th August 2022

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Decriminalise abortion for any reason in the whole of the UK

Petition Details

Recognise abortion as a human right, better protect clinics from protestors, allow abortions for any reason, put references to Bodily Autonomy & Sexual/Reproductive Health Rights back on the Statement of Fundamental Rights for Women & Girls, decriminalise abortion.

Additional Information

People should have security in the stability of their bodily autonomy, so abortion should be fairly included as it is part of bodily autonomy making it a human right. You removed this right for people who need it when abortion is critically under fire, putting people in danger. You have not decriminalised it, despite the Infant Life Act (1929) being out of date and formed on sexist grounds and that the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Act (1990) were passed to provide safer access to abortion.


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This petition was rejected

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

Change the law to prevent protestors outside abortion providers: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/619409

Reinstate reproductive rights in statement on religion, belief & gender equality: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/621052

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