BREAKING: Downing Street has no plans to change the current ‘out of date’ abortion laws or sentencing guidelines after a mum-of-three was jailed for taking abortion pills outside the legal limit.
Pro-choice protesters gathered in Parliament Square in response to the March For Life, an anti-abortion rally, also taking place Campaigners have called for the law, which dates back to 1861, to be overhauled afterThe 44-year-old was between 32 and 34 weeks pregnant when she took tablets to end her pregnancy after the legal time limit during lockdown.But the prime minister’s official spokesperson said: ‘Through the Abortion Act, all women have access to safe abortions on the NHS up to 24 weeks.
‘We have made changes so that now includes taking abortion pills at home. We think this approach provides the right balance and… there are no plans to change this.’ After the backlash the sentencing caused, they added: ‘We recognise that this is a highly emotive issue and obviously we recognise the strength of feeling on all sides.’
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