Read the Abortion Act Extract Below as Originally Enacted and Then

question 1

Multiple Choice

Read the Abortion Act extract below as originally enacted and then the amendment made by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990.

• A) There is little change - it is purely cosmetic.
• B) It is generally cosmetic with one particular change - now the pregnancy can only be terminated under ground (a) if the pregnancy is of less than twenty-four weeks' gestation.
• C) It is generally cosmetic, but there are two specific changes: firstly, risk to the life of the pregnant woman has been omitted as a ground for abortion and, secondly, the pregnancy can only be terminated if the pregnancy is of less than twenty-four weeks' gestation.

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