Creasy said it would wait for lawmakers to vote on the issue for free, as a matter of conscience. He told the Guardian that the amendment would be tabled when the bill was read out at second reading. “Most women in the UK do not realize that abortion is not a right, but there is only one law that excludes persecution in some cases,” she said. “What the United States is teaching us is that we can not be complacent about enshrining these rights in law.” In a complex legal situation, only women in Northern Ireland have the guaranteed right to an abortion, following an amendment supported by MPs in Westminster in 2019 to the NI Executive Bills bill. Nevertheless, abortions in Northern Ireland remain difficult to access. The UK government has implemented a legal framework for services, but so far they remain limited due to a stalemate in Stormont. In England and Wales, the 1967 abortion law legalized redundancies in the UK for up to 24 weeks in most cases. But the law is framed in terms that means abortion is not a right, but an exception when two doctors agree that it would be dangerous to the woman’s mental or physical health. This phrase has been re-examined by the militants. Speaking in a parliamentary debate on the overthrow of Roe v Wade by the Supreme Court, which had given U.S. women the constitutional right to abortion, Creasy said: “Roe vs. Wade gave American women the constitutional right to have an abortion. Currently, here in the United Kingdom, only women in Northern Ireland have their constitutional rights to abortion protected as a human right. Subscribe to the First Edition, our free daily newsletter – every morning at 7am “I ask the minister a direct and simple question – if an amendment to the forthcoming rights bill is tabled by those of us who recognize it, it will be a matter of conscience and therefore a free vote, to protect the right of women to choose for each individual. woman in the UK, will she vote with me? “ Speaking on behalf of the government, Foreign Minister Amanda Milling said she would not “overtake” the legislation. “As we have discussed, this would be a matter of conscience,” he said. Justice Minister Dominic Raab has announced the new Bill of Rights, but the Commons have not yet discussed it at a second reading, which is expected in the coming weeks.
