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UK scraps two-child benefit cap as evidence suggests it influences women's abortion decisions

Announcing measures for the 2025 UK budget, the British government announced that it would be scrapping the two-child benefit cap as evidence has found it could play a role in influencing whether a woman chooses to have an abortion. 

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Backlash as Scotland report proposes legalising sex-selective abortion up to birth

A report that proposes a change to the abortion law in Scotland has received backlash as it seeks to allow for abortion for any reason until 24 weeks, and could also see sex-selective abortions become legal until birth.

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UK MPs urge for parents to be informed of underage girls seeking abortions

UK MPs have urged the Health Secretary to change the law that would require doctors to inform parents if a girl under 16 is seeking an abortion, in a bid to prevent the cover up of abuse scandals.

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UK bill to require report on abortion complications passes second reading

A bill in the UK that would require an annual report of medical complications resulting from an abortion has passed the second reading and will now proceed to the Committee Stage.

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Seven UK Labour MPs suspended by party after voting to scrap two-child benefit cap

The UK Labour party have suspended seven MPs after they voted in favour of scrapping the two-child benefit cap.

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Britain: MPs call on Home Office to allow conversation and prayer outside abortion centres

A group of British MPs have called on the Home Office to protect consensual conversation and silent prayer in buffer zones outside abortion centres, after a UK woman was charged for holding a sign reading: "Here to talk if you want."

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UK doctors urge MPs to lower abortion limit from 24 weeks

The medics said the reduction is "long overdue" because of the increased number of babies born at 22 or 23 weeks who survive.

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WATCH: "Thought police still at it": Woman fined for praying in her head

British police have again been accused of acting like "thought police" after they again took action against a woman praying 'in her head' near an abortion clinic, despite recent assurances from Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman that silent prayer near abortion providers is not a crime.

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UK: Woman jailed for aborting baby daughter at '32-34 weeks' with pills

A British woman has been jailed for aborting her baby girl, who was between 32 and 34 weeks gestation, using abortion pills after the legal limit. 

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UK government approves buffer zones around British abortion clinics, silent prayer banned

Members of Parliament in the UK debated and voted this Tuesday on an amendment to a bill that would seek to provide a 150 metre buffer zones around all abortion clinics in the country.

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Lack of childcare support influenced abortion decisions, UK survey finds

A recent survey discovered that 6 in 10 women said that the lack of childcare support influenced their decision to have an abortion, whereas approximately 1 in 5 women reported it to be the main reason. 

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UK GOV: ‘Buffer zones’ incompatible with ECHR – Goes ahead anyway

The UK government has said so-called ‘buffer zones’ around abortion clinics are not compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights but will go ahead anyway

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