MPs said that many thousands of people in Northern Ireland had been ignored last year when Westminster politicians voted to repeal Northern Ireland’s strong protections for women and unborn. In her maiden speech in the House of Commons, Carla Lockhart MP said, ‘I want a society in Northern Ireland that values life, and I want to see services that will help women choose life.’ Rebecca Long-Bailey, a Labour leadership candidate and practising Christian, said that she agreed with the words of the Disability Rights Commission that ‘the context in which parents choose whether to have a child should be one in which disability and non-disability are valued equally.’ The Equality and Human Rights Commission consistently criticises laws which differentiate between unborn babies on grounds of disability. See
Politics - abortion - disabilities
Written by David Fletcher 23 Jan 2020Additional Info
- Pray: for God to cause politicians to bring an end to disability-selective abortion. May Europe’s most extreme abortion law not be imposed on Northern Ireland. (Psalm 33:14)
- More: righttolife.org.uk/news/labour-leader-candidate-attacked-for-opposing-abortion-up-to-birth-for-downs-syndrome/
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