Rachel Maclean

The Minister of State, Home Department

Former Conservative MP for Redditch

@redditchrachel https://facebook.com/RedditchRachel

Access to Abortion

There have been votes in Parliament on access to abortion .

Rachel Maclean voted a mixture of for and against fewer obstacles for access to abortion

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Major votes

  • On 7 Mar 2023: Rachel Maclean voted adding an exemption to "buffer zone" around abortion providers for silent prayer or consensual communication in a public place Show vote
  • On 18 Oct 2022: Rachel Maclean voted no on New Clause 11 (Public Order Bill) - Offence of interference with access to or provision of abortion services Show vote
  • On 30 Mar 2022: Rachel Maclean voted not to permit drug-mediated abortion, up-to ten weeks into a pregnancy, without an in-person consultation with a registered medical practitioner, and not to allow the first dose of drugs to be taken at home. Show vote
  • On 27 Apr 2021: Rachel Maclean voted in favour of empowering a UK minister to act to ensure legal high-quality abortion and post-abortion care in Northern Ireland and to protect women from harassment by anti-abortion protesters. Show vote
  • On 24 Jun 2020: Rachel Maclean was absent for a vote on Demonstrations (Abortion Clinics) Bill — Leave to Bring In Show vote
  • On 17 Jun 2020: Rachel Maclean voted to continue to permit abortions in Northern Ireland where they are carried out in circumstances set out in regulations. Show vote
  • On 18 Jul 2019: Rachel Maclean voted to legalise abortion in certain circumstances in Northern Ireland as soon as the act comes into force, to enable two persons who are not of the same sex to be eligible to form a civil partnership in Northern Ireland and make a wide variety of other amendments to the Bill. Show vote
  • On 9 Jul 2019: Rachel Maclean voted to legalise abortion in Northern Ireland in a broad range of circumstances, to protect women from harassment by anti-abortion protesters, and also to improve sexual and reproductive health rights and services. Show vote
  • On 23 Oct 2018: Rachel Maclean was absent for a vote on Abortion Bill Show vote

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