27th June 2008
In a shocking, though not surprising move last week a group of English Members of Parliament launched an attempt to impose the 1967 Abortion Act on the North of Ireland against the political and democratic will of the people.
Consistently members of the legislative assembly in the North of Ireland have stood against abortion being liberalised in any way. As the law stands abortion is illegal unless it is done as an indirect act in a attempt to save the life of the mother. As recently as October 2007 the Assembly at Stormont voted with a large majority to reject any liberalisation of the criminal law on abortion.
The Abortion Act was introduced in the UK in 1967 and was not extended to N. Ireland due to the huge opposition from both the Catholic and protestant peoples and their representatives there. Successive English governments have respected this position, until now.
The pro abortion politicians who have laid down an amendment to be voted on next October are Diane Abbott (Labour); Jacqui Lait (Conservative); Evan Harris (Lib Dem); Katy Clark (Labour); John Bercow (Conservative); and John McDonnell (Labour). Abbott has repeatedly talked about the “equality” of women in the North of Ireland who have been deprived of the opportunity to legally murder their own infants in utero. Abbott omits to mention the fact that UK babies are deprived of the protection which their Irish brothers are afforded. Over six million British babies have been aborted since the introduction of the Abortion Act. These abortions are legal to full term for disabled babies, and 24 weeks for other babies.
Johanna Higgins of the ACLI has stated that “every effort will be made to resist this monstrous act being invoked on Irish land”. She goes on to say that “the actions of the English MPs are akin to those of a dictatorship and prove that democracy is failing as extreme atheistic and liberal agendas are being enforced.”
The DUP and the SDLP have stated their intention to fight the proposed enforcement of this act. There is a combined catholic and protestant revulsion for abortion and it is one issue on which the good people of the North of Ireland have always stood firm.
“Can one million people stand firm against the guns of the international abortion machine?” asks Mrs Higgins. “We pray to Christ and Mary for assistance and ask for the prayers of the faithful to save Ireland from this terrible plight”.
“Whilst countries like Ireland stand against abortion and have criminal laws to punish this atrocity the abortionists fail worldwide. This is why the abortionist politicians and media want to crush Ireland, because our position shames them.”
Geraldine Foley of the ACLI states “We must also remember that the Irish Constitution extends to ALL the citizens of Ireland, North and South, born and unborn. This constitution was invoked under the Holy Trinity and Christ.”
The ACLI asks that people from all countries support our resistance to this terrible threat.
