Pro-life groups and MPs have expressed their dismay over a bill that would decriminalise abortion.
Diana Johnson, Labour MP for Kingston upon Hull North, has tabled a 10-minute bill to be read this month in which she proposes amendments to sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 which would decriminalise consensual abortions.
Johnson said the amendment would not remove the 24-week gestation limit or deregulate abortions but would allow professional medical bodies to oversee the practice rather than criminal law.
