There are plans to argue and vote for MPs Abortion On Tuesday, two historical amendments were put forward for crime and policing bill.
Labor MP Tonia Antoniazi and Stella Kreesi have made rival amendments to the bill. Both will do Effectively reducing miscarriageBut in different ways.
While the two can be debated, the Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle is likely to take one to one vote. MPs will be given a free vote on this issue in the case of Vivek – this means that they are not expected to vote in one way or the other by party leaders.
Is abortion legal in Britain?
Under the current law, Abortion is illegal In England and Wales but the first 24 weeks of pregnancy is allowed. After that point, a fetus is considered ‘viable’, which means that it can be given birth and proper support.
Beyond this point, abortion is allowed only under some circumstances, such as when a woman’s life is in danger or if the fetus shows symptoms of serious abnormalities.
Abortion should also be approved by two doctors, which will decide whether the criteria is met or not. These include the risk to the life of a pregnant woman, or preventing her severe injury, as well as sufficient risk when the child is born.
However, laws were recently changed to allow permission women To reach home to reach home to end pregnancy for ten weeks.
The most recent available data shows that 252,122 abortion was reported in England and Wales in 2022, which mark the highest number since the figures were recorded.
In the last three years, six women have appeared in court in England, who are accused of trying to end or end their pregnancy outside the rules of abortion law.
In May, 45 -year -old Nikola Packer was acquitted of an illegal abortionAfter being pregnant for 26 weeks, he was arrested in the hospital at the height of the Kovid epidemic after taking abortion pills, assuming that she was only six weeks in her pregnancy.
After his case, Carla Foster, which was jailed in 2023 To end her pregnancy to obtain an illegal abortion pills when she was pregnant between 32 to 34 weeks. Originally reported that she would spend 14 months in jail after her 28 -month sentence, the court of appeal suspended it for 14 months.
Both cases raised resentment and fresh calls to change the law.
What will two modifications do – and how are they different?
Labor MP Tonia Antoniazi says that as a result of their amendment, any woman will have to remove the threat of investigation, arrest, prosecution, or imprisonment, which ends her pregnancy.
The MP for Gover said that the cases of women investigated by the police had motivated them to advocate the change in the law.
She says that her amendment will not change the deadline for abortion or regulation of services, but “denying women accused of ending their own pregnancies” will take them out of the criminal justice system “so that they can get help and support.
Their amendment is supported by 176 MPs and abortion providers, including MSI Breeding Options and British Pregnancy Advisory Services (BPA), and the Royal College of Obstatery and Gynecologist (RCOG).
Ms. Kreesi has carried forward a rival amendment, which will achieve the access of abortion as a human right and its purpose is to stop women who have abolished from examining their pregnancy.
Creasy has stated that his amendment moves beyond his labor colleague’s proposal, “it provides protection to all those involved in ensuring that women can reach safe and legal abortion”.
Crawi has argued that Antoniazi’s modification will not “examine the partners of those who had provided abortion and it would not stop the demands to provide evidence as part of the process to women”.
It is supported by 108 MPs, but not by abortion providers.
