British MPs are attacking abortion rights. We can’t follow the same path as the US | Hilary Freeman

My own traumatic experience shows why we must push back against those who try to chip away at our freedom of choiceAs the criminal justice bill stumbles through parliament this week – beset by delays and controversies, and picking up amendments as it goes – another woman, Sophie Harvey, is on trial for an alleged illegal abortion, after taking pills to end her pregnancy when she was past the 24-week legal threshold. She was just 19 at the time. She faces a sentence of up to life in p