A Bill to make provision for disability equality in respect of abortions.
House of Lords
2 May 2017
This bill would promote disability equality in abortion policy and services. It would require public bodies and abortion providers to consider how their decisions affect disabled people and to guard against discrimination in access to abortion.
Currently at Report stage in the House of Lords; next steps are the Lords’ Third Reading and then transmission to the House of Commons for consideration.
Generated 21 February 2026
Report stage – line by line examination of the Bill – took place on 24 February. Amendments discussed covered clause 1 of the Bill.
A second day of report stage is yet to be scheduled.
The 2016-2017 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
