Public urged to contact MLAs ahead of today’s vote
A very significant majority of the public submissions made to a consultation on abortion in Northern Ireland organised by the British government opposed any changes to the abortion law. 79% – almost four out of every five submissions – “registered their general opposition to any abortion provision in Northern Ireland beyond that which is currently […]
A well-known Belfast priest has won praise after he said that politicians who supported laws which foisted abortion onto Northern Ireland should be refused Holy Communion. Political campaigners sought to stir controversy about the priest’s comments, but he has been commended for showing leadership and courage by Catholics in Northern Ireland who feel betrayed by politicians who co-operated […]
Pro-life politicians and campaigning organisations have said they will fight on to overturn the abortion law imposed on North of Ireland by the British Parliament. Speaking in Stormont this week, Arlene Foster, leader of the DUP said the failure of the other political parties to come to the devolved North of Ireland Parliament to prevent […]
The SDLP have walked out of the Stormont Assembly and stymied an attempt by the DUP to introduce a bill preventing the British government from imposing abortion on the north of Ireland. Pro-life groups said that while Sinn Féín’s support for the extreme abortion law was already established , the actions of the SDLP were […]
Abortion is forced on the people of North of Ireland: “My twins were just born premature at 30 weeks, and I’ve spent the last few days looking at them in the incubator, small but perfect, and its just heartbreaking to know it will be legal to kill babies like them.” #grip
One of the doctors involved, GP Andrew Cupples, said that they were concerned for both pregnant mothers and their unborn children, and, as medical professionals, it was their firmly held belief that abortion was the “unjust and violent taking of human life”.
WATCH reactions from people on the streets of Belfast to the abortion bill being imposed on Northern Ireland by Westminster. #gript