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Abortion Act 1967

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34: 219:. Under this legislation, a registered medical professional could terminate a pregnancy where the pregnancy had not exceeded 12 weeks in length, there was a risk to physical or mental health within 24 weeks of pregnancy, or, at any time during pregnancy, where the pregnant woman's life was at immediate risk, there was a risk to the pregnant mother's physical or mental health, or a severe or fatal fetal abnormality had been detected. In the latter two cases, the good faith opinion of two registered medical professionals is required. 543: 1288: 247:. The time limits were lowered from 28 to 24 weeks for most cases on the grounds that medical technology had advanced sufficiently to justify the change. Restrictions were removed for late abortions in cases of risk to life, fetal abnormality, or grave physical and mental injury to the woman. Some Members of Parliament claimed not to have been aware of the vast change the decoupling of the 210:
The Act made it lawful to have an abortion up to the 28th week if two registered medical practitioners believed in good faith that the continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk to the life of the pregnant woman, or harm her physical or mental health, or that of any of her family members. It did
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by a vote of 127 to 21 on 19 July, and approved it with minor changes on 23 October. On 25 October, the Commons voted 188—94 to agree with the amendments made by the Lords. The bill was enacted two days later, and came into force on 27 April 1968.
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The Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019, enacted on 24 July 2019, extended the deadline for the restoration of the Executive to 21 October 2019. Section 9 of the Act provided that, if an Executive were not restored by that date:
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Politicians from the unionist and nationalist parties in Northern Ireland joined forces on 20 June 2000 to block any extension of the Abortion Act 1967 to Northern Ireland where terminations were only allowed on a restricted basis.
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22 October 2008). MPs voted to retain the current legal limit of 24 weeks. Amendments proposing reductions to 22 weeks and 20 weeks were defeated by 304 to 233 votes and 332 to 190 votes respectively.
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On 21 October 2019, as a result of the Executive not being restored, sections 58 and 59 of the 1861 Act were repealed, decriminalising abortion in Northern Ireland.
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sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 (under which abortion was illegal) would be repealed insofar as they applied to Northern Ireland.
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After a further heated political and moral debate, the House of Commons passed it by a vote of 167 to 83 on 13 July 1967. The House of Lords granted it
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Pomiès-Maréchal, Sylvie; Leggett, Matthew (2014). "The Abortion Act 1967: A fundamental change?". In Harris, Trevor; O'Brien Castro, Monia (eds.).
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in Great Britain on certain grounds by registered practitioners, and regulated the tax-paid provision of such medical practices through the
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the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland would be required to implement recommendations regarding abortion made in the CEDAW report; and
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MP - including NC30 Amendment of the Abortion Act 1967: Application to Northern Ireland. However, it was reported that the
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to change the abortion law. Five resulted in substantive debate (1975, 1976, 1979, 1988, and 1990), but all failed. The
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An Act to amend and clarify the Law relating to termination of pregnancy by registered medical practitioners.
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There was widespread action across the country to oppose any attempts to restrict abortion access via the
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would have on the Abortion Act 1967, particularly in relation to the unborn disabled child.
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Government at the time asked MPs not to table these amendments (and at least until
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Westminster, Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Commons.
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Birchard, Karen (2000). "Northern Ireland resists extending abortion Act".
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Changes to the Abortion Act 1967 were introduced in Parliament through the
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investigated the workings of the Act in 1974 and declared its support.
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Sheldon, Sally; Davis, Gayle; O'Neill, Jane; Parker, Clare (2022).
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Sheldon, Sally; Davis, Gayle; O'Neill, Jane; Parker, Clare (2019).
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Since 1967, members of Parliament have introduced a number of
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Scientific developments relating to the Abortion Act 1967
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title
Citation
1967
David Steel
Royal assent
Commencement
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
act
Parliament of the United Kingdom
abortion
National Health Service
Liberal
David Steel
Private Member's Bill
Labour
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Sir John Peel
a second reading
Northern Ireland
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020
private member's bills
Lane Committee
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990
Infant Life Preservation Act 1929
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill
Parliament
Report Stage

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