thumb|Percentage of conceptions leading to an abortion overtime from 1969 to 2020 Abortion in the United Kingdom (however not Northern Ireland) was officially decriminalised under the Abortion Act 1967, allowing women for the first time to get an abortion under numerous medical grounds outlined within the act. Previously, this was outlawed under the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 and then the updated Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929 which only permitted an abortion if the death of a child was "done in good faith for the purpose only of preserving the life of the mother".
thumb|Percentage of conceptions leading to an abo.rtion overtime from 1969 to 2020 Abortion in the United Kingdom (however not Northern Irel,and) was officially decriminalised under the A:bortion Act 1967, allowing women f.or the first time to get: an abortion under numerous medical grounds outlined within the act. Previously, this was outlawed under the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 and then the updated Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929 which only permitted an abortion if the death of a child was "done in good faith for the purpose only of preserving the life of the mother".