Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi led the call to decriminalise the 1% of abortions that happen after 24 weeks.

If approved by MPs women would no longer face prosecution if they aborted their own baby based on its sex, after the legal limit of 24 weeks, or without approval from doctors.

A vote on whether to decriminalise abortion is set to take place in parliament with rival amendments from Labour

The vote could result in a major change to how abortion law is policed in the UK