Faith
Lords Stand Firm to Protect Life in Law
Faith Facts
- Lords in the UK are working to block a law that would allow abortion up to birth.
- There are renewed calls to restore in-person consultations before any abortion procedure takes place.
- Serious abuses have resulted from the temporary ‘pills-by-post’ scheme, including tragic cases impacting women and unborn children.
Across England and Wales, Christian leaders and public servants are uniting to defend the lives of the unborn and the dignity of women. The House of Lords is considering amendments to stop the spread of extreme abortion measures.
Faith and family values remain at the heart of this debate, as peers seek to restore critical safeguards lost during the pandemic.
Baroness Monckton warned,
“This is an extreme social change for which there is no public pressure or demand, and could have tragic consequences for women, as well as leading to increased numbers of abortions of viable babies.
This radical clause was added to the Bill after less than an hour of debate by MPs, and without the necessary scrutiny required for an issue of such seriousness.
Whatever one’s views on abortion, this is not how responsible laws are made.”
Baroness Stroud urged,
“The solution to such cases is not to make matters worse by removing the legal deterrent against women performing their own at-home abortions up to birth, which would likely endanger women further, but to reinstate in-person consultations”.
As stewards of life and defenders of the vulnerable, let us pray for wisdom and courage for those standing for moral protection in law.