Case against UK Government over abortion law goes to High Court

A landmark case against the UK Government over the current discriminatory abortion law that allows abortion up to birth for Down’s syndrome will be heard at the High Court on 6th July. Heidi Crowter, a 25-year-old woman from Coventry who has Down’s syndrome, together with Máire Lea-Wilson from Brentford, West London, whose 23-month-old son Aidan has... Read More

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June 2, 2020

Northern Ireland bishops urge MLAs to reject abortion legislation

In a letter addressed to the Members of the Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly (MLA), the country’s bishops express their concern over the “extreme” nature of Westminster’s Regulations regarding a new law decriminalising abortion in Northern Ireland. Ahead of the debate, taking place today (Tuesday) in the Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly, the bishops open their letter... Read More

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February 25, 2020

Don’t screen me out, says campaigner

A woman with Down Syndrome has launched a landmark case against the UK Government over its abortion law, which allows for abortions up to birth for babies with the condition. Heidi Crowter, 24, from Coventry, has joined forces with Cheryl Bilsborrow from Preston, whose two-year-old son Hector also has Down Syndrome, and the pair intend... Read More

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September 3, 2019

Catholics join prayer service for restoration of NI executive

Catholics have joined Christians of numerous denominations to pray for government to be restored in Northern Ireland. Thousands packed St Anne’s Cathedral in Belfast at the ‘For the Soul of the Nation’ event on 2 September. Father James O’Reilly from the parish of Antrim joined those praying. He told The Catholic Universe: “I went to pray... Read More

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July 10, 2019

Westminster abortion vote represents the gravest attack on democracy in living memory

Precious Life have blasted the Westminster Government for yesterday’s resounding vote to impose abortion on Northern Ireland over the heads of the people here. Pro-abortion MPs shockingly voted in favour of an extreme pro-abortion amendment introduced by Labour MP Stella Creasy, to legalise the killing of Northern Ireland’s defenceless unborn babies. The vote was tragically... Read More

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April 17, 2019

Korean cardinal affirms church’s abortion teaching after court decision

Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung of Seoul reiterated the Catholic Church’s stance on abortion after South Korea’s Constitutional Court ruled that the country’s abortion ban is unconstitutional. The country’s top court last Thursday called for a legislative change to partially allow a mother to choose to terminate a pregnancy in its early stages. While some women’s... Read More

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January 7, 2019

Irish bishops urge Catholics to ‘resist’ country’s new abortion law

The primate of All-Ireland insisted that the country’s new abortion law that took effect on 1st January has “no moral force” and it “must be resisted” by Catholics. The Archbishop of Armagh, Eamon Martin, who also is president of the Irish bishops’ conference, said in a message to mark the legislation that the new law... Read More

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January 4, 2019

‘Ireland abandoned authentic human rights’ on New Year’s Day, say pro-lifers

New Year’s Day 2019 will go down in history as “the day Ireland abandoned authentic human rights”, pro-lifers have said. Terminations were introduced in the Republic of Ireland on Tuesday 1st January 2019 following last year’s referendum vote, which saw a majority of the country voting to repeal Ireland’s life-affirming Eighth Amendment. As of midnight... Read More

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December 21, 2018

Irish president signs abortion law

Although Ireland’s new abortion law takes effect on 1st January, by mid-December only eight per cent of family doctors had signed up to provide the terminations. Irish President Michael D. Higgins signed the legislation into law on 20th December, paving the way for wide-ranging access to abortion in the country. In a May referendum, voters... Read More

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