Life calls on the Welsh Government to ensure women receive proper counselling before and after abortion, following reports of lengthy delays in women accessing counselling. The BBC reported last evening the story of Nikita Jain Jones who was told she had to wait four months to receive counselling whilst she was unsure of what to… Read more »

Abortion statistics released this morning , showing a 5 % increase in medical abortions with 94,458 medical abortions for the first half of this year, should be a source of great concern and alarm for all. The Department for Health said a total of 109,836 abortions were done from January to June, with April the… Read more »

Life calls on the Government to support MP Fiona Bruce’s bill to make it illegal to abort babies for Cleft Lip, Cleft Palate and Club Foot. Ms Bruce will have the second reading of her private members bill, the Abortion, Cleft Lip, Cleft Palate and Clubfoot Bill, on Friday in the House of Commons. The bill seeks to… Read more »

Life welcomes and urges Government support for a bill tabled yesterday by Maria Miller, MP seeking to protect women who are pregnant or on maternity leave from being discriminated against by employers. Ms Miller’s 10-minute-rule bill, the Pregnancy and Maternity (Redundancy Protection) Bill seeks to prohibit employers from making women redundant from the time they are pregnant… Read more »

Life welcomes the rejection by parliament today of amendments to the Domestic Abuse Bill to allow for the legalisation of abortion on demand. The Speaker of the House of Commons rejected an amendment by Diana Johnson to remove sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Persons Act, as being outside the scope of… Read more »