U.K. MPs vote to decriminalize abortion. What led to the vote? – National

British legislators voted on Tuesday to decriminalize abortion In England and Wales, after a legislator argued that it was cruel to continue women for ending a pregnancy.

The House of Commons has approved an amendment to a broader crime bill which would prevent women from being crunized under an archaic law.

Labor deputy Tonia Antoniazzi, the deputy of Parliament who introduced one of the amendments, said that the change was necessary because the police had investigated more than 100 women for alleged abortions in the past five years, some of which have undergone false natural layers and morvilations.

“This legislation will only get women out of the criminal justice system because they are vulnerable and they need our aid,” she said. “What public interest does it serve? It is not justice, it is cruelty and it must end.”

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The amendment adopted 379-137. The House of Commons will now have to adopt the Crime Bill, which is planned, before it goes to the Chamber of Lords, where it can be delayed but not blocked.

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Under the current law, doctors can legally carry out abortions in England, Scotland and Wales up to 24 weeks, and beyond in particular circumstances, as when the life of the mother is in danger. An abortion in Northern Ireland was decriminalized in 2019.

The changes in the law implemented during the COVVI-19 pandemic allow women to receive abortion pills by mail and to terminate their own home pregnancies during the first 10 weeks.

This led to a handful of largely publicized cases in which the women were continued for illegally obtaining abortion pills and using them to end their own pregnancies after 24 weeks or more.

The anti-abortion groups opposed the measures, arguing that it would open the door to abortion on demand at any stage of pregnancy.

“Baby to be born will have remaining protection that will be deleted and women will be left at the mercy of the attackers,” said Alithea Williams, director of public policies for the Society for the Protection of Unfr Children, who describes himself as the largest pro-life campaign group in the United Kingdom.

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