A woman’s right to control her own body is a fundamental freedom say the Womans Equality Party. But women in the UK still do not have that right.
The 1861 Offences Against the Person Act made it illegal to have an abortion. That Act still exists today, even though it was passed before women had the chance to vote.
Next week marks the 50th Anniversary of the 1967 Abortion Act, a law that made abortions easier to access for millions of women in England, Scotland and Wales. The activists that made this possible saw it as a temporary fix, not a long term solution. Because the Act did not legalise abortion, and it did nothing to help women in Northern Ireland.
Women in England, Scotland and Wales still have to prove their pregnancy involves a bigger risk to their physical or mental health than having an abortion. They still have to ask for permission from two doctors to terminate their pregnancy. They still risk prosecution.
This is a controversial area that arouses many passions.
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