Anti-abortion groups in the United Kingdom and around the world reacted with dismay as Britain’s House of Lords approved abortion up through birth.
On Wednesday evening, Baroness Rosa Monckton attempted to remove clause 208 — the language to decriminalize abortion — from the nation’s Crime and Policing Bill.
But peers voted against the effort by 185 to 148, according to a report from The Christian Post.
🇬🇧 The House of Lords clears the way for decriminalisation of at-home abortion up to birth.
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The clause nixes language saying that women can be penalized for abortions after 24 weeks, although the nominal legal limit remains at that point.
Dr. Calum Miller, an anti-abortion advocate and medical doctor,
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