Across the UK the Christian pro-life campaign, 40 Days for Life, is gaining momentum showing communities the consequences of abortion. Meanwhile Parliament is calling for the decriminalisation of abortion, without specifying any restrictions - allowing abortion up to birth, on demand, for any reason, without two doctors’ signatures. This bill should have its second reading on Friday, but the recent terrorist event, and parliamentary overload, may change this. Recently Prayer Alert readers were invited to pray about this Bill when it entered as a 10-minute rule abortion bill at its first hearing. Tragically it slipped through because it was timed to happen after the Brexit vote, when many MPs had left the house. If this bill goes through it could be passed into law. Few Bills introduced via the 10-minute rule become law, (Abortion Act 1967 was an exception). If enough people email their MPs and Theresa May (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) objecting to this bill, it will not progress beyond its second reading.
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Written by David Fletcher 24 Mar 2017Additional Info
- Pray: for persistent prayer for the vote to be postponed to a date when more MPs will be present. Pray that our MPs and Theresa May will not be tempted to toe the secular/humanist line. (Ps. 32:6)
- More: www.christianconcern.com/our-concerns/abortion/mps-vote-in-favour-of-decriminalising-abortion
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