"Though its intention may not be to change the 24 week abortion limit, it undoubtedly risks eroding the safeguards and enforcement of those legal limits and inadvertently undermining the value of human life."
"an extreme social change for which there is no public pressure or demand, and could have tragic consequences for women"
"it's common for domestic abuse to begin with pregnancy. Creating clinically unnecessary barriers to abortion h"
The House of Lords voted in favor of decriminalizing abortion, supporting an amendment previously approved by MPs. Conservative peer Baroness Monckton attempted to overturn the Antoniazzi amendment, arguing it was added with insufficient debate and represented an extreme social change without public demand. The Archbishop of Canterbury opposed the measure, warning it could erode legal safeguards and the 24-week abortion limit. Conservative Baroness Lawlor criticized the amendment as harmful. Labour peers countered that decriminalization would improve access for vulnerable women, particularly those experiencing domestic abuse, and that unnecessary clinical barriers should be removed.
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