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Question: When were homosexuality and abortion banned in England!?
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Homosexuality

Buggery Act 1533 - Henry VIII made buggery an offence punishable by death!.

Offences Against the Person Act 1861 (Section 61) The punishment for buggery is changed from hanging to life imprisonment!.

Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 (Section 11) - Buggery laws are extended to include all sexual activity between males!.

Sexual Offences Act 1967 - Homosexual acts become legal between 2 males over 21 in private!.

Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (Section 145) - Gay sex becomes legal at the age of 18!.

Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000 (section 5) - Gay sex becomes legal at the age of 16 and for the first time in British law lesbian sex is mentioned and is legal from the age of 16!.

Abortion

The Lord Ellenborough Act 1803 - Abortion post-quickning becomes punishable by death!.

Offences Against the Person Act 1837 (Section 6) - Abortion both prior and post quickning become punishable by exile!.

Offences Against the Person Act 1861 (Section 58/59) - Punishment for performing an abortion or trying to self-abort carries a sentence of imprisonment ranging from 2 years to life!.

Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929 - Makes it illegal to kill a child capable of been born alive!.

Abortion Act 1967 - Abortion becomes legal under certain conditions prior 28 weeks!.

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 - Time limit for an abortion is lowered to 24 weeks!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Homosexuality became obligatory after 1967!.
Abortion law has varied over the years in respect of the term carried
before it becomes illegal!.
Neither are legitimate in the view of the catholic church and never have been, except for members of the clergy!Www@QuestionHome@Com

I love Pete H!.'s answer, "Homosexuality became obligatory after 1967!." Yes, but only if you were employed by MI5 or the BBC!. Before that it was just customary!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

abortion and homosexuality are legal in England!.!.
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Do you mean legalised!? They used to be banned but aren't any moreWww@QuestionHome@Com