What people can do to support abortion rights in the UK

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Clarke says abortion should be part of the cycle of reproductive healthcare and provided more consistently across the UK.
46% : Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profileSocial media has seen an outcry from thousands of women after a leaked draft opinion showed the US Supreme Court has voted to overturn a landmark ruling which legalised abortion across the country.
45% : Additionally, the fact that abortion still sits within criminal law means that the public must "be constantly vigilant" when it comes to protecting their rights, experts at the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) said.
42% : While many know that abortion is a legal right in the UK, they may not be aware of the specific grounds, or that the approval of two doctors is a legal requirement.
40% :Restrictions on abortion have previously been imposed in Texas.
40% : The 1967 Act did not extend to Northern Ireland and abortion was not decriminalised in the region until 2019.
40% : MSI is encouraging the public to talk openly about abortion in a bid to normalise it as a reproductive right, and remove any stigma attached to it.
38% : "It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people's elected representatives," he adds.
36% : Abortion can also take place if there is risk to the physical and mental health of the woman or any existing children of her family, or there is a substantial risk that if the child was born, they would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities as to be seriously handicapped.
35% : According to Guttmacher Institute, a pro-choice think-tank based in the US, 26 states are certain or likely to ban abortion if Roe v Wade is overturned.
35% :"Periods, fertility, miscarriage, pregnancy, abortion, menopause - these are normal everyday issues for all of us.
34% : Additionally, abortion still remains a criminal offence under the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 if a woman ends her own pregnancy without the approval of two doctors.
30% : Although women have a legal right to abortion in the UK and the grounds for abortion are broad, rights groups say it is still a "bureaucratic, patriarchal procedure" which requires the approval of two doctors.
26% : The document, written by Justice Samuel Alito, strikes down Roe v Wade- the 1973 ruling which made abortion a woman's constitutional right.
26% : Abortion may be permitted on one of four grounds - if there is a risk to the life of the pregnant woman, or if abortion will prevent grave permanent injury to a woman's physical or mental health.

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