Jeremy Hunt’s views on abortion time limit branded ‘alarming’

Ex-health secretary favours halving limit to 12 weeks but says he would not change law if he was PM. The Conservative leadership hopeful Jeremy Hunt has been criticised for arguing in favour of halving the legal time limit for abortions from 24 to 12 weeks at a time when the government is facing calls to give women in Northern Ireland the right to an abortion. The former health secretary said it was still his view that abortions should only be allowed for women up to 12 weeks after conception bu