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Abortion Act

Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1967Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1967

Roy Harris Jenkins27 October 1967

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Supports parliamentary time for abortion law reform during his Home Office tenure.

Harold Wilson1967

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Abortion Act 1967 legalises abortion in specified medical circumstances

Names involved

Harold WilsonRoy Harris Jenkins

Provenance

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