Northern Ireland Assembly votes in favour of Bill to change abortion law

The Northern Ireland Assembly has voted 48 to 12 in favour of the Severe Fetal Impairment Abortion (Amendment) Bill at its second reading, in a move celebrated by disability rights campaigners across the UK. The Bill will amend the Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 to prevent abortions up to full term on the... Read More

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March 16, 2021

Virginia bishops say allowing unlimited abortion is ‘deplorable policy’

By signing a measure that inserts abortion without limits into Virginia’s health benefits exchange, Gov. Ralph Northam “has crossed yet another tragic threshold,” said the heads of the state’s two Catholic dioceses. “We decry the enactment of this deplorable policy, which is built on the destructive lie that abortion is health care. We are saddened when we contemplate the increased... Read More

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March 12, 2021

Emmerdale highlights tactics used to force women into abortion

ITV soap Emmerdale has highlighted the reality of women being coerced into having an abortion. Emmerdale viewers expressed shock and disgust after recent scenes showed Mackenzie Boyd (played by actor Lawrence Robb) devise a sick plan with Jamie Tate (Alexander Lincoln) to trick Gabby Thomas (Rosie Bentham) into aborting her unborn baby. The 19-year-old became pregnant with Jamie’s... Read More

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March 5, 2021

Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine can be used in good conscience, says US bishop

The chairman of the US bishops’ Committee on Doctrine has reiterated that use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine “can be used in good moral conscience.” “There’s no moral need to turn down a vaccine, including the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which is morally acceptable to use,” Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South... Read More

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February 17, 2021

Ealing Council criticised for vigil ban extension

Pro-lifers have branded plans to extend for another three years a buffer zone banning vigils outside an abortion clinic in Ealing as a “disingenuous decision”. Ealing Council first imposed the Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) of 100 metres around a Marie Stopes clinic on Mattock Lane in April 2018. It was the first buffer zone... Read More

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February 11, 2021

US Bill would block taxpayer funding of abortion

US Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, has introduced a bill to prohibit use of federal taxpayer dollars to fund abortions. H.R. 18 – the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2021 – would make the long-standing Hyde Amendment permanent and keep in place similar provisions to ensure no federal... Read More

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February 8, 2021

US Senate again fails to pass Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

Failure to pass the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act “shows just how extreme the majority of Senate Democrats are,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. The measure was proposed as an amendment to the 2021 Budget Resolution in the Senate. In a roll call vote on 4thFebruary all Senate Republicans, along with Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin,... Read More

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February 7, 2021

US bishop warns against ‘weaponisation of Eucharist’ with elected officials

Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego has warned against the “weaponisation of Eucharist” as a way to get Catholic elected officials, President Joe Biden among them, to adhere to the Church’s stance on abortion. “I do not see how depriving the president or other political leaders of Eucharist based on their public policy stance can be interpreted... Read More

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February 4, 2021

Westminster issues fresh threat to overrule Northern Ireland again on abortion

Pro-lifers in Northern Ireland have condemned the Westminster Government’s “threat” to ignore devolution and force more abortions on the country. Precious Life, the largest pro-life group in Northern Ireland, said the latest “threat” exposed the Government’s “hypocrisy”, as it has pledged to do all it can to ‘save lives’ amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Robin Walker, the Minister for State for... Read More

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February 4, 2021

MP calls out UK Government for imposing sex-selective abortion on Northern Ireland

A Northern Irish pro-life MP has criticised the UK Government for imposing an abortion regime on Northern Ireland that legalises sex-selective abortion. Speaking during a Commons debate on the availability of abortion throughout the region, Carla Lockhart, DUP MP for Upper Bann, called out the Government for imposing the regulations, in which sex-selective abortion is... Read More

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