As well as removing the amendment removing legal sanctions, peers are also looking at reintroducing the requirement that those seeking an abortion receive an in-person consultation with a medical professional.
Members of the House of Lords are seeking to prevent the imposition of an extreme abortion regime in England and Wales.
Earlier this year the House of Commons voted in favour of an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill that removed all legal sanctions to carrying out an abortion after the 20-week limit. If it becomes law, the amendment will effectively legalise abortion up to the point of birth.
As well as removing the amendment, peers are also looking at reintroducing the requirement that those seeking an abortion receive an in-person consultation with a medical professional. This requirement was removed during the Covid lockdowns and led to the ‘pills-by-post’ scheme that allowed at home abortions without medical supervision.
The scheme has been criticised following a number of serious abuses, including one man who was sent to jail after giving his pregnant girlfriend abortion medication he had obtained via the pills-by-post scheme. This resulted in the woman losing the baby and she has not been able to conceive since.
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