In a bitter and grave attack on democracy, Westminster MPs vote to impose abortion on Northern Ireland
Unfortunately, we have to bring you some harrowing news from Westminster this evening. In a bitter and grave attack on democracy and the principles of devolution, Westminster MPs in the House of Commons have today voted to impose abortion on Northern Ireland. The vote, which took place in the House of Commons this afternoon, saw MP’s scandalously support the Northern Ireland Executive Formation Bill, which would see unborn children stripped of protections by 328 to 65 votes- a majority of 263.
Bernadette Smyth, Director of Northern Ireland’s leading pro-life organisation, Precious Life, responded to this evening’s harrowing news: “Today represents one of the darkest and most tragic days for the people of Northern Ireland and for vulnerable unborn children and mothers here. This vote by pro-abortion MPs at Westminster is abhorrent for so many reasons; it is the gravest betrayal of democracy in living memory. This vote totally disregards the crucial principles of devolution and must be resisted at all costs. If this law comes into effect, it will ultimately remove all legal protection from unborn babies and their mothers here, decriminalising abortion and legalising the killing of unborn babies right up to birth."
Mrs Smyth continued, “The Westminster Government have done the unthinkable. No other Government in the world would dare to vote over the heads of another government and another country’s democratic process to completely ignore the democratic will of the people here. This Bill has been hijacked by abortion extremists to introduce an unthinkably cruel and extreme abortion law here if Stormont is not functioning by October 21st 2019 and we will not stand for this."
Further, Mrs Smyth said: “Precious Life stress that the people of Northern Ireland will rise up against such an undemocratic, disgraceful and cruel decision by British MPs who have absolutely no mandate to speak for the people of Northern Ireland. As Northern Ireland's largest pro-life organisation, we know that there is absolutely no on-the-ground demand for abortion here. In recent years, Precious Life have collected up to 300,000 petitions from people here opposing any change to our pro-life laws, yet their voices are being completely ignored and disrespected.
WHAT NEXT?
The onus is now on Sinn Féin and the DUP to get our Government up and running by October 21st to ensure that this abhorrent attack on our democracy is resisted. Rest assured that we will not take this heinous decision lying down and we will fight tirelessly and lobby our elected representatives to ensure that we have a life-affirming Government which properly represents the people here in place as soon as possible. Precious Life will be launching a huge 'Fight-Back Campaign' in response to this bitter attack on the people of Northern Ireland and unborn babies and mothers here. We will not stand for this tyrannical and blood-thirsty attack on Northern Ireland’s unborn children, on our democracy and the principles of devolution.”