Three judges have overturned the ruling that a woman who is in her early 20s, is 22 weeks pregnant and is said to have ‘serious to moderate learning difficulties’, would have been forced to have an abortion; despite the fact despite the fact that neither she, her mother nor her social worker wanted the abortion to… Read more »

For almost 50 years, Life has worked with vulnerable women and their families and we are dismayed with this ruling which reflects a blatant disregard, not only for the wishes of this woman and her family, but also for the life of her child. Life’s Head of Advocacy Liz Parsons said: “This is the most… Read more »

The abortion statistics for 2018, released last week, show that there were 20,897 abortions in Birmingham and the West Midlands. Overall, nearly more than 18 out of every 1000 women in the area had an abortion. The abortion rate was especially high in Sandwell (25 out of every 1000 women) and Wolverhampton (23 out of every… Read more »

Statistics for 2018 released by the Department for Health show that for the first time the number of abortions for residents of England and Wales topped 200,000 at 200,608 representing a significant 4% increase over 2017. The total number of abortions including non-residents came in at 205,295. Life’s Head of Advocacy Liz Parsons said: “The… Read more »

On 23rd May 2019, Amnesty International projected their ‘Now for Northern Ireland’ slogan onto buildings in Belfast, Dublin, Glasgow, and London in celebration of the Irish vote to repeal the Eighth Amendment one year ago.   The purpose of their latest publicity stunt was to pressurise Westminster into enacting direct rule on Northern Ireland by repealing our laws that protect and value children who are… Read more »