Earlier this year, Labour overwhelmingly voted in favour of an amendment that would end the criminalisation of women and pregnant people seeking abortions outside the 1967 Abortion Act exemptions. As the debate went through the Lords, we sat down with MSI Reproductive Choices’ Louise McCudden to discuss why we need decriminalisation now - and what this win means amid a global backlash against abortion rights.
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Credits:
Presented by Sian Norris
Story production by Ayodeji Rotinwa
Audio engineering by James Battershill
Theme song ‘Odyssey’ performed by Edward Abela
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:07 What is the current legal state of abortion across the UK?
05:13 The women being imprisoned for abortion
10:16 The late-term abortion argument
13:10 Imported tactics from the US
16:21 The case for optimism
19:02 Anti-abortion's international bankroll
23:17 The future of the pro-abortion movement
