Doctors at the British Medical Association (BMA) conference have backed calls for a relaxation in abortion rules and regulations.
For women in early pregnancy 67% to 33% voted to remove the need to have abortion approval of two doctors.
Doctors claim that the relaxing of the current laws for women up to 14 weeks pregnant would make the abortion procedure safer for the patient.
However the government has no plans at this time to change the abortion rules.
Dr Tony Calland, chairman of the BMA's medical ethics committee, said: "There are unessary waits and the move voted on would speed up the system.
I think what this vote shows is that doctors feel the current act is outdated."
Anne Weyman, chief executive of the Family Planning Association said: "There is no justification in making women seek the permission and approval of two doctors to have an abotion, so we are delighted that the BMA has voted in favour of removing this criteria.
We are disappointed that the BMA has voted not to extend the role of performing abortions to other trained professionals and the premises where abortion takes place, as the evidence to support this changes clear."
This vote by doctors comes only a week after the release of last years abortion figures which showed that the number of procedures carried out last year topped 200,000 for the very first time.
63% of those abotions were carried out ealier than 10 weeks into the pregnancy