UK Parliament Approves Pardon for Illegal Abortion Convictions
Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi pushed amendment after seeing women investigated.
Efforts to repeal 1861 Offences Against the Person Act are ongoing.
Baroness Levitt says government remains neutral on abortion in England and Wales.
Pardons remove criminal records and end DBS checks for illegal abortion cases.
Telemedical abortion became legal in 2020 and was made permanent in 2022.
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