Ten Minute Rule Motion: Abortion Aye Count: 208 Noes Count: 123 Please do make sure you write to your MP to thank them for voting against this motion and encourage them to continue to oppose legislation to undermine devolution and remove abortion from criminal law. Tellers Ayes: Lyn Brown (Labour – West Ham) and Dr… Read more »

Life is disappointed at today’s Commons vote to take forward Diana Johnson’s abortion bill which seeks to impose abortion on Northern Ireland and introduce abortion on demand in England and Wales. The House of Commons today had a majority vote in favour of Ms Johnson’s bill being considered on 23 November. Life’s Director of Advocacy… Read more »

Good afternoon, My name is Marion Woods and I am the Spokesperson for Life Northern Ireland, the regional hub of the national charity Life UK which is a pregnancy care charity working to provide women with positive life-affirming options to pregnancy crisis. As a charity we provide a range of support services, depending on the… Read more »

Today the United Nations celebrates International Day of the Girl Child . It is the seventh year the day has been observed but the UN has not seen it fit to focus on the selective termination of girls in the womb, around the world. In fact the UNFPA has little to directly say about sex-selective… Read more »

Life calls on parliamentarians who genuinely care about the health and safety of women to reject Diana Johnson’s bill which seeks to remove from criminal law, the termination of unborn children. Ms Johnson announced today that her bill seeking to repeal Sections 58 and 59 of the Offences against the Persons Act (OAPA) will be… Read more »