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Apparently, the UKGBNI is set to completely decriminalize abortion in England and Wales when performed by the woman (not when performed by a doctor). According to Reuters and BBC, under existing law abortion by a doctor is legal up to 24 weeks and a woman can perform an abortion on herself with prescribed pills up to 10 weeks. In contrast, the new law—approved by 73 percent of the House of Commons—appears to permit abortion right up to the point of birth when it is performed by the woman.
Text of the law (on pages 108–109 of the PDF; part of a much larger bill):
A brilliant stratagem in the culture war - if your hand is worth playing, then is it worth overplaying and then you look like a surprised pikachu when the pendulum start swinging in the other direction.
Many blue states have passed laws making abortions legal at any point in pregnancy. I see no evidence of any backlash to that.
2024 Election?
Abortion legalization referendums won in Montana and Missouri. Won in some blue states too, which wasn't news since not even pro-lifers thought they could win there.
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