Petition Lower the abortion limit to 20 weeks

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Petition asking for the lowering from 24 to 20 weeks at which abortion can take place for personal reasons. Due to the advancements in medicine, a baby born at 21 weeks can survive. There are now a high number of 24 week old premature babies surviving. It shouldn't be legal that a mother can terminate her pregnancy later than the time at which a fetus can survive.

This petition closed early because of a General Election

74 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 74 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 30 March 2015
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