Tell your MP to vote against legalising sex-selective abortion

Stella Creasy MP and Diana Johnson MP have tabled amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill that would legalise sex-selective abortion (Further details on the proposed law change are available here).

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I’m writing to you as a concerned constituent to ask you to vote against amendments NC1 and NC40 to the Criminal Justice Bill.

Diana Johnson MP and Stella Creasy MP have tabled amendments (NC1 and NC40) to the Criminal Justice Bill, which, if they become law, as you may have seen in the media, would legalise sex-selective abortion in England and Wales.

Abortion for sex-selective reasons is currently illegal in England and Wales (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/313459/20140509_-_Abortion_Guidance_Document.pdf#page=10).

Diana Johnson MP’s amendment (New Clause 1) would disapply existing criminal law relating to the accessing or procurement of abortion care from women acting in relation to their own pregnancy, meaning it would no longer be an offence for a woman to have an abortion for any reason, including for the purposes of sex-selection.

The explanatory note to New Clause 1 confirms that it would apply at any gestation, meaning a woman could perform her own abortion on sex-selective grounds throughout all nine months of pregnancy.

Stella Creasy MP has tabled a separate amendment (New Clause 40) to the Bill that would not only allow women to undergo, but also doctors to perform, abortions for sex-selective reasons up to 24 weeks gestation.

Under New Clause 40, the legal grounds for abortion would become redundant and abortion could take place for sex-selective reasons.

These amendments would risk an increase in women being pressured to have an abortion because they are expecting a girl, and an increase in the number of sex-selective abortions in England and Wales, likely leading to significant social problems as seen elsewhere.

Further information is available in the briefing here: https://stopgendercide.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/political-briefing_-cjb-amendments-nc-1-nc40-and-sex-selective-abortion.pdf

Please urgently confirm whether you will be voting against NC1 and NC40.

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