Dominic Raab says right to abortion does not need to be in bill of rights
by Jessica Elgot Chief political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#60WPS)
Deputy PM says matter is settled in UK law' and he would not want Britain to be in same situation as US
Dominic Raab has expressed doubts about including the right to an abortion in the forthcoming bill of rights, saying the matter was already settled in UK law".
A cross-party amendment intends to enshrine the right in the bill, though abortion in England and Wales was decriminalised in the 1967 Abortion Act, which exempts women from prosecution for the procedure if it is signed off by two doctors.
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