A new medical declaration, the Geneva Declaration on Perinatal Care, which aims to enlist the support of medical professionals in ensuring the phrase is not used in counselling families, will be launched before the United Nations in Geneva.
At its annual Ard Fheis in Derry on Saturday 7th March, Sinn Fein voted in favour of a motion in support of abortion in cases where an unborn child has been diagnosed with a life-limiting disability.
Sinn Fein votes for a motion that will allow for the murder of terminally ill unborn children.
Deputy leader Mary-Lou McDonald said she was “very strongly recommending” her party’s ardfheis this week backs the motion to address what she described as a “policy gap”.
On 10th December 2014, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission announced that it is to take the Department of Justice to the High Court to demand the legalisation of abortion.
