Westminster MPs disregard democracy
Earlier this month Precious Life welcomed the UK Supreme Court’s judgment that rejected an appeal by a mother and a daughter in their legal battle for women in Northern Ireland to receive free abortions on the NHS in England.
However, since this judgment a number of MP are planning to put forward an amendment to the Queen’s speech, coordinated by the Labour MP Stella Creasy with the support of the Conservative MP Sir Peter Bottomley, which would act as a warning to Downing Street about the implications of a pact with the Democratic Unionist party.
Precious Life want to reiterate what Lord Wilson said, regarding the mentioned judgment, that it was not for the court to "address the ethical considerations which underlie the difference" in the law regarding abortion in Northern Ireland and England. Therefore, these MPs should respect the Supreme Court’s decision and butt out of Northern Ireland politics! Nearly 9 million little unborn children have been brutally murdered through abortion in the UK alone.
Bernadette Smyth, founder and director of Precious Life, said, “The Supreme Court made their decision and MPs should respect democracy! The decision was consistent with the case in European Court of Human Rights, Vo v France [2005], in which the Court stated that abortion is a matter for national legislation.” These MPs are blatantly ignoring and attacking the democratic process in Northern Ireland. “Northern Ireland abortion law, the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 and the Criminal Justice Act (NI) 1945, ensure that our unborn children are protected from abortion, consistent with the original meaning of European Convention on Human Rights 1950.”
Bernadette went on to say, “No one should be entitled to an abortion because abortion is not healthcare. It is the intentional killing of an unborn child. Furthermore not one international human rights instrument recognises a right to abortion. The law in Northern Ireland, and the DUP’s stance, protects both mother and child. In fact, Northern Ireland is among the safest places for women to give birth. Over nearly fifty years of legalised abortion in Britain, higher abortion rates have run parallel to higher incidences of stillbirths, premature births, low birth-weight neonates, cerebral palsy, and maternal deaths as direct consequences of abortion. In contrast, Northern Ireland of course displays lower rates of all illnesses and deaths associated with legalised abortion.”
Precious Life will continue working to keep abortion not only illegal but unthinkable!