Today, possibly as you are reading this article, Lord Shinkwin's Abortion (Disability Equality) Bill is receiving its second reading in the House of Lords. Under current law (the 1967 Abortion Act) an unborn child with a disability can be aborted right up to birth; the new bill seeks to remove that possibility. Please pray. The law says we’re all equal. Discrimination on the grounds of disability was made illegal by the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act, but legal and lethal discrimination on grounds of disability has been a reality for almost fifty years. Unless we pray and act to change the law and ensure disability can no longer be given as a reason for termination right up to birth, it will continue to happen.
We’re all equal
Written by David Fletcher 21 Oct 2016Additional Info
- Pray: for the law that lists disability or ‘handicap’ as grounds for abortion to be changed. (Ps.127:3)
- More: allequal.org.uk/?Concern&utm_term=0_9e164371ca-d1147a55bc-127499253