Under the proposed shake-up of abortion laws, women will no longer be prosecuted for ending pregnancy in England and Wales.

MPs are ready to get a free vote next week – which means they will not be told how to vote by their party – on change in law.

It is amid worry that more women are being investigated by the police on suspicion of abolishing the pregnancy illegally.

Abortion is illegal in England and Wales, often prosecuted under a piece of Victorian law, an offense against the Act of 1861. But it is allowed for 24 weeks and under some other circumstances under the terms of the 1967 Abortion Act.

This requires two doctors to sign it and before 24 weeks a woman may need to testify that her mental or physical health is at risk.

An amendment to the crime and policing bill introduced by Labor MP Tonia Antoniazi is to reduce abortion at any level, which ends the threat of investigation or imprisonment by a woman working in relation to her pregnancy.

The outline by which abortion is used will remain the same.

But abortion will need to be signed by only two doctors – as the law currently demands – if the process is in the hospital or other healthcare settings.

The deadline will still be applicable in healthcare settings.

“Police cannot be trusted with abortion law – nor CP or comprehensive criminal justice system,” said Antoniazi.

“My amendment to crime and policing bill will give us the necessary changes for the safety of women.”

Over the last three years, six women in England have appeared in court to try to end or end their pregnancy outside the abortion law.

Last month, 45 -year -old Nicola Packer was approved by a jury to “illegally administer” herself with abortion pills at home during a Koronwirus lockdown in 2020.

When she was pregnant for about 26 weeks, beyond a 10 -week legal limit to take such a medicine at home, she took an abortion medicine. She told the gamblers that she did not realize that she was pregnant for more than 10 weeks.

The Royal College of Obstatocian and Gynecologist (RCOG) stated that Ms. Packer’s test demonstrated and called for the “how old and harmful” current abortion law and called for improvement.

RCOG is one of the several Royal Medical Colleges, charities and trade unions supporting Antoniazi’s amendment, so far signed by 136 MPs, including Labor MPs, Lib Dems, Greens, and a handful of conservatives.

A rival amendment by Labor MP Stella Creesy, which reaches a human right to reach an abortion, is so far supported by 101 MPs.

This wants to reduce abortion by 24 weeks, denying the elements of the abortion act. It will also ensure that late miscarriage outside the Abortion Act did not result in prison.

Krace said that her amendment would only bring the rest of Britain to northern Ireland, where abortion was reduced in 2019.

But some of the UK’s biggest abortion care providers have expressed concern about it without proper investigation, saying that it will effectively rip the 1967 abortion act and open the entire debate about a woman’s right to abortion.

Rachail Clarke, head of advocacy at the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), warned that MPs should not be asked to return “generational changes” after just three hours of debate next week.

“For us, unfortunately, although we really believe that we need a heavy and generational change for the abortion law, the Steella Crace modification is not the right way to do it,” she explained the radio 4 of Radio 4.

BPAS is one of the organizations supporting Antoniazi’s proposals.

The Society for the Protection of unborn children said that the two proposed amendments represent “the greatest threat to unborn children and their mothers since the Abortion Act”.

He urged the supporters to warn their MPs to vote against both proposals, warning that abortion could be possible under “until birth” changes.

MPs can be offered one vote on one of the two amendments, with labor, Lib Dames and Orthodox all say that their MPs will not be asked for changes or votes.

The official spokesperson of the Prime Minister said: “It is important that women have access to safe and legal abortion on NHS and now include taking abortion pills at home.

“This is a highly sensitive issue and we believe that there are strong views on all sides of the discussion and any change in the law in the region by a long time will be a matter of conscience for individual MPs rather than government.”

The spokesperson refused to say how Sir Kir starrer would vote on the issue, as it was a “case of conscience”.

The 1967 abortion act initially allowed abortion in England and Wales for 28 weeks. It was reduced by 24 weeks in 1990.

After 24 weeks abortion is allowed only:

• Woman’s life is in danger
• There is a serious fetal abnormality
• Woman is at risk of serious physical and mental injury

Since 2018, women in England have taken a second abortion pill at home, aligning rules with Scotland and Wales.

Although similar rules are applied in Scotland, it has a separate healthcare and legal system.

Abortion laws are currently reviewing after appeal to advocacy groups in Scotland, ‘to reduce the process.