Dear SPUC supporter,

Monday 6 July - Vote on abortion

Urgent action is needed now to stop abortion decriminalisation. Pro-abortion MPs have tabled amendments to the Domestic Abuse Bill which would decriminalise abortion.

Two new clauses have been added to the Bill.  The Speaker will select amendments to the Domestic Abuse Bill next week. But we’ve got to act now to defeat these clauses.

1. New Clause 28 seeks to make home abortions legal for domestic abuse victims.
2. New Clause 29 seeks to repeal sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act and so remove abortion from the criminal law.

• The Domestic Abuse bill is an important piece of legislation designed to tackle the scourge of domestic abuse. It should not be hijacked to advance an extreme abortion agenda.
• New Clause 28 seeks to make dangerous home abortions permanent for abuse victims. Home abortions facilitate abuse by keeping women away from professionals who can help.
• New Clause 28 effectively makes home abortions permanent for all women. How will abortion providers select abused women only?
• Keeping Sections 58 and 59 protects victims of domestic abuse. This law means abusive men can be prosecuted.
• New clause 29 will take abortion out of the criminal law and remove remaining legal protection for unborn children.
• Studies on domestic abuse have actually suggested that there should be greater efforts to ask women if they are subject to domestic abuse when they present for an abortion. 
• The Domestic Abuse Bill aims to protect women from horrific abuse. It should not be used to promote the ultimate abuse of abortion.

If these amendments are successful, it could lead to NO legal protection for unborn babies and put vulnerable women at greater risk from coerced abortion.

Please contact your MP now asking him/her to vote against this amendment and speak against it on Monday 6 July in Parliament.

With all good wishes,



Antonia Tully
Director of Campaigns