Leading pro-choice charity says NC20 amendment to criminal justice bill ‘not right way’ to reform law
An attempt to change the law on abortion from Labour MP Stella Creasy is not supported by “any of the abortion providers in the country,” a leading pro-choice charity has said.
Rachael Clarke, head of advocacy at the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (Bpas), said Creasy’s NC20 amendment to the criminal justice bill “is not the right way” to reform abortion laws.
Bpas is instead backing a separate proposal, NC1, put forward by another Labour backbencher, Tonia Antoniazzi.
Antoniazzi’s amendment has the support of more than 50 pro-choice organisations. They include Bpas, MSI Reproductive Choices, the two largest abortion providers in England, and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
