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London stomps on Northern Ireland’s rights — and lives
By Nuala O’Loan

American friends of Northern Ireland, we need your help.

This week, the British Parliament voted to radically alter the country’s abortion laws. Effective Oct. 22, Northern Ireland will go from being the most restrictive jurisdiction in the United Kingdom to having one of the most liberal abortion regimes in all of Europe — all over the broad opposition of the people of Northern Ireland and the lawmakers elected to represent them at Westminster.

Northern Ireland has guarded its abortion laws jealously. We view the protection of unborn life as life-affirming and progressive. Since 1967, when Great Britain (that is, England, Scotland and Wales) enacted an abortion-on-demand regime, some 9 million pregnancies have been terminated. In Northern Ireland, by contrast, we only permit abortion when the mother’s life is in danger or when continuing a pregnancy poses a serious and permanent threat to her health.

The result: An estimated 100,000 people were alive in Northern Ireland as of 2017 who wouldn’t be, had we embraced the 1967 law. Northern Ireland’s total population is only 1.8 million, so this is a significant figure, one we are proud of. And we were under the impression that the UK constitutional structure would allow us to keep our abortion laws.

Read more at: https://nypost.com/2019/07/25/london-stomps-on-northern-irelands-rights-and-lives/

I hope somehow, they can fix this problem, pretty darn serious.