Rejected petition Decriminalise Abortion & remove it from the Offences against the Person Act 1861

The 1967 Abortion Act does not change the fact that Abortion is still a criminal Act in the U.K. to this day, excepting Northern Ireland. This must be remedied immediately by removing the process of abortion as a crime in the original Offences against the Person 1861 Act.

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Women have a right to determine the destiny of their own body.

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Why was this petition rejected?

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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Decriminalise abortion: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/619159

Include abortion rights in the Bill of Rights: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/619334

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Date submitted 30 June 2022
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