We have until 15 May to lobby MPs on extreme abortion amendments

Dear
SPUC supporter,
After months of delay, the date on which extreme abortion amendments could be voted on is now known.

In today’s Business Statement, Penny Mordaunt, the Leader of the House, announced that Day 1 of the Report Stage of the Criminal Justice Bill will take place on the 15^th May.

As you know, amendments that would decriminalise abortion, allowing DIY home abortion up to birth, have been tabled to this Bill by Labour MPs Stella Creasy and Diana Johnson.

This means we have less than two weeks to ensure that these amendments do not become law.

Thank you to everyone who has been campaigning with us to defeat these wicked amendments. It’s been a long campaign, with the debate of this Bill being pushed back again and again. And we still won’t know until just before the debate if the Speaker has chosen the abortion amendments to be voted on.

But we know that our campaigning is working. More and more MPs have been saying that they find these proposals too extreme, even those who consider themselves pro-choice. Just last week, the Home Secretary said that this Bill is not the place for abortion amendments like this, showing how worried the Government is about MPs voting down the whole Bill to keep them out.

We need to keep pilling pressure on MPs and Government. If either of these amendments is voted through, it will be the biggest change to UK abortion law since 1967. There would be no law against women self-inducing abortion at home, at any stage of pregnancy – an appalling scenario that will risk women’s lives and strip any remaining rights from unborn babies. We must fight it with everything we have.

Please contact your MP NOW asking him/her to vote against these amendments if they are selected. If your MP is a Conservative, you can also urge them to make it clear to their whips that they will not vote through any version of the Criminal Justice Bill that includes decriminalisation. Even if you have contacted your MP before, please do so again to let them know the date of the vote.

You can use our simple web tool. It contains template text, but make sure you amend it as appropriate, and include your own thoughts.
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Thank you for campaigning with us. We’re in the final stretch, so please look out for more emails from us with further campaign actions.

With best wishes.
Alithea Williams
Public Policy Manager
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