‘Sad moment’ as abortion as much as birth becomes the law of the land

The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has described the proroguing of Parliament as each a “sad moment” and “an incredible victory”, referring to the effective legalisation of abortion as much as birth similtaneously the failure of a law that might legalise medically assisted suicide.

The passage of the Crime and Policing Bill means, amongst other things, that ladies who abort their babies beyond the legal limit of 24 weeks will face no criminal sanction.

As the 24-week limit stays in place, doctors can only legally provide an abortion as much as that time. However, should a girl take things into her own hands after this point using the pills-by-post service, she is going to face no penalty.

On the passage of the law, SPUC said in a press release, “This is a tragic moment. There is now no law in England and Wales under which a girl will be prosecuted for ending her own pregnancy, regardless of the time, and whatever the explanation.”

The news was also lamented by Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, the Director of March For Life UK, “Yesterday the Crime and Policing Bill quietly received Royal Assent, meaning preborn children at the moment are not even shielded from their very own moms. A dark day in our history just slipped by – women can abort their child right as much as birth of their home with no criminal consequence.”

Despite this, SPUC said it might be running a “Fightback” campaign when the subsequent parliamentary session begins in May.

There was some excellent news at the top of the parliamentary session, nonetheless, as SPUC welcomed the proven fact that the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is not going to change into law after it ran out of time.

“This is an incredible victory, and we should always acknowledge that. All the contacting of MPs and peers and the tireless campaigning by so many individuals has completely shifted the narrative around assisted suicide, and ultimately result in the downfall of the bill,” it said. 

However, SPUC acknowledged that just as they intend to maintain campaigning to overturn abortion laws, those in favour of assisted suicide are doing the identical. Since 2000 there have been a minimum of 10 attempts to get some type of assisted suicide on the books and while some have gotten further than others, all have thus far failed.

SPUC said, “Proponents of the bill are already threatening to make unprecedented use of an obscure parliamentary procedure (the Parliament Acts) to attempt to force through the identical fatally flawed Bill in the subsequent session without it passing through the House of Lords. 

“The next ballot for personal member’s bills will happen in only just a few weeks, and any MP who gets a high spot in that ballot shall be under huge pressure to tackle the bill.”