Diane Julie Abbott is a British politician who is a serving Member of Parliament (MP) for Hackney North and Stoke Newington since being elected in 1987. She served in the Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn as Shadow Home Secretary from 2016 to 2020 and is an advisor to the Privy Council. She is both the first black woman elected to parliament and the longest-serving black MP. She remains a member of the Labour Party,while sitting in the House of Commons as an independent,having had the whip suspended in April 2023.
Yvette Cooper is a British politician serving as Shadow Home Secretary under Keir Starmer since 2021,having also served in the position under Ed Miliband from 2011 to 2015. She previously served in Gordon Brown's Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2008 to 2009 and Work and Pensions Secretary from 2009 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party,she has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Normanton,Pontefract and Castleford,previously Pontefract and Castleford,since 1997.
Catharine Letitia Hoey,Baroness Hoey,better known as Kate Hoey,is a Northern Irish politician and life peer who served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Home Affairs from 1998 to 1999 and Minister for Sport from 1999 to 2001. During the 1970s Hoey was involved in radical far-left groups but by the end of the decade became involved with the Labour Party. Hoey remained a member of the Labour Party for several decades while she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Vauxhall from 1989 to 2019,but resigned from the party in 2020.
Caroline Louise Flint is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Don Valley from 1997 to 2019. A member of the Labour Party,she attended the Cabinet as Minister for Housing and Planning in 2008 and Minister for Europe from 2008 to 2009.
Fiona Margaret Mactaggart is a British politician and former primary school teacher who has been chair of the Fawcett Society since 2018. A member of the Labour Party,she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Slough from 1997 to 2017.
Michael John Gapes is a British former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ilford South from 1992 to 2019.
Dianne Fae Yates is a former New Zealand politician. She was a Labour Party Member of Parliament from 1993 to 2008.
Dawn Petula Butler is a British Labour Party politician who has been a Member of Parliament (MP) for Brent Central since 2015.
Katy Clark,is a British politician and life peer who has served as a member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the West Scotland region since 2021. A member of the Labour Party,she was Member of Parliament (MP) for North Ayrshire and Arran from 2005 to 2015.
The Abortion Act 1967 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).
Louisa Hareruia Wall is a New Zealand former double international sportswoman,former politician,and human rights advocate. She represented New Zealand in both netball as a Silver Fern from 1989 to 1992 and in rugby union as a member of the Black Ferns from 1995 to 2001,including as a member of the 1991 World Netball Championships runner-up team and 1998 Women's Rugby World Cup winning team.
Caroline Fiona Ellen Nokes is a British Conservative Party politician. She was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Romsey and Southampton North in Hampshire in the 2010 general election. Elected as a Conservative,Nokes had the Conservative whip removed on 3 September 2019 and sat as an independent politician until the whip was restored to her on 29 October.
Katherine Anne Green OBE JP is a British politician serving as Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester for Policing and Crime since 2023. She previously served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stretford and Urmston between 2010 and 2022. A member of the Labour Party,she served as Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities from 2015 to 2016,Chair of the Committees on Privileges and Standards from 2018 to 2020,and Shadow Secretary of State for Education from 2020 to 2021.
Stella Judith Creasy is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for the London constituency of Walthamstow since 2010.
Fiona Claire Bruce is a British Conservative Party politician who was elected the Member of Parliament (MP) for Congleton in the 2010 general election.
Sarah Deborah Champion is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rotherham since 2012.
Gregory Eamon O'Connor is a New Zealand Labour Party politician and former police officer. He is the Second Assistant Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives,and has served as the Member of Parliament for Ōhāriu since the 2017 general election.
Antonia Louise Antoniazzi is a Welsh Labour Party politician. She was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gower at the 2017 general election.
Anahila Lose Kanongata'a is a New Zealand social worker and politician. She served as a Member of Parliament for the Labour Party from 2017 to 2023.
The Abortion Legislation Act 2020 is an Act of Parliament in New Zealand allowing unrestricted access to abortion within the first 20 weeks of pregnancy,and repealing sections of the Crimes Act 1961 related to unlawful abortion. After the 20-week period,women seeking an abortion must consult a qualified health practitioner who will assess their physical health,mental health,and well-being. The Act also provides provisions for conscientious objection rights for medical practitioners and exempts abortion services from certain Crimes Act provisions,while extending the definition of health services to include abortion services under the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994.
