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  • MPs vote to decriminalise self-managed abortion

    MPs vote to decriminalise self-managed abortion

    MPs have voted to scrap criminal penalties for women in England and Wales who end their own pregnancies, following a string of controversial cases in recent years. Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi’s amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill was backed in the Commons by 379 votes to 137, a majority of 242. The proposal would [...]

  • Democrats propose law to block firms collecting reproductive health data amid post-Roe surveillance fears

    Democrats propose law to block firms collecting reproductive health data amid post-Roe surveillance fears

    Three Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill to restrict companies from collecting or sharing reproductive health data, in response to growing concerns over digital surveillance following the fall of Roe v Wade. The “my body, my data” bill was introduced in both the US House and Senate and aims to prohibit businesses from collecting, using, [...]

  • MPs to vote on law change that would end prosecutions for women who end their own pregnancies

    MPs to vote on law change that would end prosecutions for women who end their own pregnancies

    Women in England and Wales would no longer face criminal charges for ending their own pregnancies under legal changes to be voted on by MPs next week. As reported by BBC News, the proposed amendment to the crime and policing bill would decriminalise abortion at any stage when carried out by a woman in relation [...]