Articles on UK abortion law

May 20, 2024

Britain’s abortion laws are still in the Victorian era, and women are the collateral damage

Sally Sheldon, University of Bristol

Debates on decriminalising abortion have been repeatedly delayed.

June 14, 2023

Claire Pierson, University of Liverpool

In the past eight years, police in England and Wales have investigated at least 17 people for procuring their own abortion outside the law.

July 18, 2022

Jamie Fletcher, Bournemouth University and Karolina Szopa, Bournemouth University

The next prime minister has an opportunity to make abortion rights more or less secure in UK law.