Petition Lower the Abortion Limit to 12 Weeks

Lower the current abortion limit from 24 weeks down to 12 unless in cases of rape, in the gravest threat to the mother's life and severe deformities in the baby.

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Currently a baby in the mother's womb can be aborted up to 24 weeks and some babies can survive outside the womb at 21 weeks.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

30 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 30 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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Date closed 1 January 2021
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