MPs have voted to change abortion legislation to stop women in England and Wales being prosecuted for ending their pregnancy.
The Labour MP for Gower, Tonia Antoniazzi, led the call to decriminalise the 1% of abortions that happen after 24 weeks, saying these were “desperate women” who need “compassion not criminalisation”.
As an issue of conscience, MPs were allowed to vote according to their personal beliefs, and backed the plan by a big majority of 242 votes.
Abortion was already legal up to 24 weeks in Great Britain, with the approval of two doctors, and this will still be the case.