Abortion Act 1967

• Labour Party
• MP for Huyton

• 1960 leadership election
• 1963 leadership election
• 1964 general election

• Premerships
  • first
  • second

• Cabinet
• Circular 10/65
• Capital gains tax
• Abolition of death penalty
• Decimalisation announcement
• 1966 general election

• Cabinet
• Decriminalisation of homosexuality
• Abortion Act 1967
• Theatres Act 1968
• Race Relations Act 1968
• Open University
• Divorce Reform Act 1969
• Operation Banner
• 1970 general election

• February 1974 general election
• Cabinet
• 1973–1975 recession
• October 1974 general election
• 1976 sterling crisis

The Abortion Act 1967 (c. 87) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that legalised abortion in Great Britain on certain grounds by registered practitioners, and regulated the tax-paid provision of such medical practices through the National Health Service (NHS).

The act made it lawful to have an abortion up to the 28th week if two registered medical practitioners believed in good faith that the continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk to the life of the pregnant woman, or harm her physical or mental health, or that of any of her family members. It did not extend to Northern Ireland until the implementation of the Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020. Under this legislation, a registered medical professional could terminate a pregnancy where the pregnancy had not exceeded 12 weeks in length, there was a risk to physical or mental health within 24 weeks of pregnancy, or, at any time during pregnancy, where the pregnant woman's life was at immediate risk, there was a risk to the pregnant mother's physical or mental health, or a severe or fatal fetal abnormality had been detected. In the latter two cases, the good faith opinion of two registered medical professionals is required.