British attitudes to abortion
Posted on 03 August 2017
by Eleanor Attar Taylor, Senior Researcher
This year marks 50 years since abortions became legally available (under certain circumstances) in Britain and yet the issue is still making headlines. While concerns were voiced that abortion rights could be restricted as part of a Conservative deal with the DUP, in June, abortions for Northern Irish women travelling to Britain were made free on the NHS, a move spearheaded by Stella Creasy MP. And in March, Diana Johnson MP won the right to introduce a bill to fully decriminalise abortion, in an attempt to move away from current law which technically means a woman who ends her own pregnancy could face life imprisonment.
So how does the British public view abortions? And are these moves towards a more liberal legal approach to abortions likely to be popular among the public?
Continued at source: NatCen: http://natcen.ac.uk/blog/british-attitudes-to-abortion