For now at least, there is broadly a pro-choice consensus in British politics - another sharp difference to the US. None of the parties that won seats in England, Scotland, or Wales at the last election promised to restrict abortion in their manifesto. And in June last year MPs voted to decriminalise abortion, with a majority of 242. It was the biggest shake-up to the law since 1967, when Parliament voted to legalise abortion for the first time, setting a 28 week limit (reduced to 24 weeks in 1990).