UK Lawmakers Vote to Decriminalize Abortion Up to Birth, Sparking Outcry Over Removal of Protections for Unborn Children

by Worthy News Washington D.C. Bureau Staff(Worthy News) – British lawmakers on Tuesday approved one of the most radical changes to abortion law in the nation’s history, voting to decriminalize abortion at any stage of pregnancy. In a 379–137 vote, the House of Commons backed an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill that scraps key parts of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861, which for over 160 years protected unborn children by making abortion a crime punishable by life imprisonm