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Move opposed by senior politicians including the justice secretary Shabana Mahmood, who branded it ‘extreme’

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MPs have voted to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales in a historic step that will usher in the most far-reaching change to reproductive rights in decades.

After an emotional and impassioned debate in the House of Commons, MPs voted by 379 to 137 in favour of the reform.