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MPs to vote on decriminalising abortion - how the law could change

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Labour MPs Tonia Antoniazzi and Stella Creasy have tabled amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill.

Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle could pick one or both amendments to be debated by MPs.

MPs usually given a free vote on abortion, meaning they do not have to follow any party line.

Current law in England and Wales states that abortion is illegal but allowed up to the first 24 weeks of pregnancy.

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