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ACTION Alert: Barbaric Abortion Regime Confirmed for Northern Ireland. Will you help us fight it? Email your MLA NOW

Date: 25 March 2020

The UK Government published Northern Ireland’s new abortion law today, following the imposition of Section 9 of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Act in Northern Ireland. Abortion will be legal right up to 24-weeks on demand, for any or no reason, and right up to birth for disabilities.

Despite the fact that the UK has been brought to its knees dealing with the ongoing Coronavirus crisis, with the NHS stretched to breaking point, and despite the return of Stormont in January this year, the UK Conservative Government have today announced that they will go ahead with imposing an inhumane and barbaric abortion law on Northern Ireland next week (31st March 2020).

Of all submissions received, 79% of those expressed a view that was in opposition to sweeping and extreme changes to the law.

Northern Ireland’s leading pro-life organisation Precious Life has called on MLAs to Repeal this inhumane and barbaric abortion regime as soon as possible through their prominent ‘Repeal Section 9’ Campaign, which has gathered thousands of signatures from concerned NI citizens. Precious Life also urged the Department of Health in Northern Ireland to prioritise dealing with the Coronavirus crisis and not sacrifice time or resources, necessary for saving lives during this pandemic, to instead ending lives of unborn children at putting women at risk through an extreme abortion regime.

The immeasurably cruel abortion law announced by the Conservative Government today will include:

Disability selective abortion for any disability including Down’s Syndrome, cleft lip and club foot, right through to BIRTH. (2.1.3) Abortion will be available through to birth “if the child were born, it would suffer from such physical or mental impairment as to be seriously disabled.” This wording is identifcal to the 1967 Abortion Act which governs abortion in England and Wales, which appears illusive but has in practise permitted abortion up to BIRTH for disabilities or life-limiting conditions (‘that there is a substantial risk that if the child were born it would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities as to be seriously handicapped’). Abortion on demand for any reason or no reason up to 24-weeks. (2.1.2) Abortion-on-demand, for any reason, including sex-selective abortion, through to 12 weeks. (2.1.1) This goes even further than the permissive abortion law in England and Wales and will be the FIRST time that abortion will be available on demand (unconditionally) legally in the UK, legalising the practise of sex-selective abortion. As a doctor will only have to confirm that the baby is not 12-weeks gestation or older, there would be NO legal grounds for a health professional to refuse to perform a sex-selective abortion. Abortions will be available in GP surgeries throughout Northern Ireland (2.1.6) This goes much further than the law in England and Wales, where abortions are only allowed to be performed at hospitals or places approved by the Secretary of State. There is NO requirement that a doctor must be involved in an abortion – midwives and nurses will be able to provide abortions (2.1.5 This goes further than the law in England and Wales, where abortions can only be performed by a registered medical practitioner (doctor), and the Abortion Act requires the approval of two doctors before an abortion can be performed, but this will not be the case in NI ​No parental notification provision – Young girls will be able to get abortions without their parent’s consent. No consideration or ‘waiting’ period provision for women in NI. No provision for independent counselling for women seeking an abortion..

In light of today’s announcement, we are renewing our calls for MLAs toane and barbaric legislation immediately to protect the lives of children and women in Northern Ireland.

Please take action today by writing to your MLA to ask that they pass urgent legislation to repeal this abortion law. You can find your MLA and their details at this link [[link removed]]

We are also asking you to take as little as 30 seconds to SIGN our 'Repeal Section 9' Online Petition to demand the repeal of this barbaric and permissive abortion law, and the restoration of legal protection for unborn babies in NI. Find the Petition by CLICKING HERE [[link removed]]

Yours in Life,

The Precious Life Communications Team

Precious Life PO Box 425, Belfast, BT1 4YF

t: 028 9027 8484 e: [email protected]

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