MPs set to vote on decriminalising abortion in major debate
The pro -election defenders invite deputies to vote for the vote in favor of abortion as part of the crime and the police invoice that is expected to be discussed and voted on this Tuesday.
This renewed effort follows the demands of the 1861 crimes, the 19th century law, which reflects the discrimination of abortion in Northern Ireland in 2019, to repel their departments against the Person Law.
Previous attempts to discuss similar changes aimed at eliminating the threat of prosecution for women acting according to their pregnancies were stopped due to the disintegration of parliament for general elections last summer.
During the recent discussions at Westminster Hall, changing campaigns argued that women were “dragged from hospital bed to police cell” over abortion.
However, the opponents warned against such a “radical step” and argued that discrimination would leave the unborn infants without any remaining protection.
Speaking before a discussion in the Commons, workers’ deputy Tonia Antoniazzi said that any woman acting on her own pregnancy would lead to “investigation, arrest, prosecution or imprisonment”.
Antoniazzi said that the cases of women investigated by the police motivated him to defense for a change in the law.
He said: “The police investigated more than 100 women, including natural abortions and women who have had dead births in the last five years, due to suspicion of illegal abortion.
“This is wrong. Taxpayers’ money waste, loss of judicial time and not in the public interest.”
He would not change the time limits or regulation of services for abortion, but “blames women accused of terminating their pregnant women” and removed them from the criminal justice system, so they can get the help and support they need. ”
Change is supported by abortion providers and royal gynecologists and gynecologists (RCOG), including MSI reproductive options and British pregnancy consultation service (BPA).
A separate change has been made by the workers’ deputy Stella Creasy and not only blames abortion, but also tries to “lock” the right to own and protect those who help them.
The Association for the Protection of Born Children (SPUC) called on the deputies to vote against both changes, saying that they would bring the largest abortion expansion since 1967.
Alithea Williams, the public policy manager of the organization, said: kor The remaining protection of unborn infants will disappear and women will be left to the mercy of the abusers.
“Both changes will allow abortion for any reason. NC20 (Mrs. Creasy’s change) is only more horrifying, because it eliminates any way to bring a baby’s life by attacking justice of a pregnant woman.”
Mrs. Creasy rejected Spuc’s claim and called on the MPs to “not be misled”.
He emphasized the challenging control legislation that would remain in place if the change was voted, and he said that he had made it clear that he forced him to abortion as a crime that could be sentenced to five years of imprisonment.
The abortion in the UK and Wales continues to be a criminal offense, but it is legal with an authorized provider for up to 24 weeks, very limited conditions, after this time, the mother’s life is at risk or the child will arise with a violent disability to allow someone to allow.
The problem has recently come to the fore with important cases such as Nicola Packer and Carla Foster.
Miss Packer was cleaned by a jury last month after receiving an abortion medication prescribed during a 26 -week pregnant woman, this medicine is beyond the 10 -week legal limit at home.
During the hearing after the police investigation for more than four years, he told the jury members that he had not noticed that he was more than 10 weeks pregnant.
The Carla Foster case, who was imprisoned in 2023 because he obtained abortion tablets to end his pregnancy while 32 to 34 weeks pregnant, saw that he was ultimately reduced by the Court of Appeal, and senior judges said that sending women to imprisonment for crimes related to abortion was a “fair result”.
A separate change taken by Caroline Johnson Caroline Johnson proposes compulsory face -to -face interviews for women looking for abortion before being prescribed as a medicine at home to end pregnancy.
The changes discussed this week do not include Scotland, which a group is currently working to review the law that is currently standing in the north of the border.
On issues such as abortion, deputies usually have free votes, so instead of deciding on party lines, they get their own views.
During the Westminster Hall debate at the beginning of this month, Justice Minister Alex Davies-Jones said the government was impartial about discrimination and that the parliament was a matter for deciding.
“If the will of the parliament should change the law in England and Wales, the government will not stop in front of this kind of change, but the law can be applied as it wishes and will try to ensure the implementation of the parliament.”
