The vote to decriminalise the procedure is the biggest change to abortion laws in England and Wales for nearly 60 years.

British lawmakers vote decisively in favor of decriminalizing abortion in England and Wales, to prevent women from being punished under a law on the books since 1861.

Abortion has been decriminalised in England and Wales following a historic Commons vote. MPs voted by 379 to 137 to amend the ...

What led to the push for abortion decriminalization in England and Wales in 2025? On June 17, 2025, a historic vote changed ...

UK MPs approved an amendment removing the threat of criminal prosecution for women seeking abortions outside the 1967 ...

Abortions largely remain illegal in Britain, but a new law will put a halt to a recent increase in prosecutions of women who ...

MPs have voted to change the law to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales, making the most profound change to abortion ...

The amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill, abolishing the prosecution of women in England and Wales for terminating their ...

The amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill was hailed as the biggest upgrade to England and Wales' abortion laws since ...

MPs have voted to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales - here's what the huge change in reproductive rights means for ...

London — British lawmakers voted Tuesday to decriminalize abortion in England and Wales after a lawmaker argued it was cruel to prosecute women for ending a pregnancy. The House of Commons ...

In a landslide free vote, British MPs voted 379 in favour of decriminalising abortion, while 137 voted against the bill.