Tory MP calls for debate on reducing legal time limit for abortions

Maria Caulfield says current 24-week limit is one of most liberal abortion laws in the world

Maria Caulfield, the Conservative party’s vice-chair for women, has called for a debate on reducing the 24-week time limit for women to receive legal abortions.

In remarks that drew criticism from Labour, the MP for Lewes said the 1967 Abortion Act – which applies to England, Scotland and Wales – was “one of the most liberal abortion laws in the world”.

Continue reading... March 02, 2018 at 06:33PM