# Abortion Act (1967)

URL: https://english-history.com/timeline/1967-abortion-act
Categories: main-event

Parliament legalized abortion under specified conditions in Great Britain. Within the broader Postwar & Modern UK period, decolonization, welfare institutions, migration, European integration and withdrawal, devolution and social change reshaped the modern United Kingdom. This event is placed at 1967 in the chronology so it can be read alongside the political, military, social and cultural changes around it. The law was a major element of the liberalizing social legislation of the 1960s.

## Why it matters
The law was a major element of the liberalizing social legislation of the 1960s.

Ruler at the time: [Elizabeth II](https://english-history.com/rulers/elizabeth-ii)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Abortion Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Abortion+Act&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Abortion Act](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Abortion+Act)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of British history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_British_history)
- [The National Archives — Postwar collection](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/explore-by-time-period/postwar/)