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Prominent backers of assisted dying, including the former cabinet ministers Louise Haigh, Ian Murray and Jeremy Hunt, have told constituents they do not expect the bill…

The Domestic Abuse Act fails to fully recognise the danger of technology-facilitated abuse, such as location tracking or hidden stalkerware, a Lords select committee has heard.Tech…

‘After my son’s birth, I was a different person’Lana Jones, midwife, former principal dancer at the Australian Ballet I loved taking the audience on a journey…

Today has been a sorry day for democracy in this country. After more than 220 hours of debate in both Houses of Parliament, a small minority…

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MPs and peers who led the assisted dying bill have promised to bring it back to parliament after it ran out of time in the House…

The House of Lords “signed its own death warrant” over its stalling of the UK assisted dying bill, the MP Kim Leadbeater said as she joined…

Women who have been convicted, and in some cases jailed, over illegal abortions are set to be pardoned after a historic vote in the House of…

Women who have been arrested, investigated and convicted under abortion legislation in England and Wales “must not be left behind” if the law is changed to…

MPs voted last year to end the criminalisation of women who terminate pregnancies outside the legal framework. It was hailed as the biggest step forward for…