Breaking news from SPUC

(The Society for the Protection of Unbour Babies)

...Westminster,  Tuesday  31st October 2006 - The Society  for  the  Protection  of Unborn  Children  (SPUC),  the world's first pro-life lobbying  and  educational organisation (founded 1967), has expressed relief at this afternoon's defeat  of  Nadine Dorries' abortion bill in the House of Commons.

Paul  Tully,  SPUC  general secretary, commented: 'It is important  for  MPs  to consider what is the right strategy for reducing the number of abortions. A bill of  the kind Mrs Dorries has proposed could have made the situation worse - both for unborn babies and for women considering abortion.  The provision in her bill to  fast-track abortions after a cooling-off period could have left  women  more vulnerable  to  the pressures that lead to abortions.  It might  have  increased rather than reduced the number of abortions.

'As  David Steel, the author of the 1967 Abortion Act has implied, lowering time limits may place women under psychological pressure to have abortions earlier.'

'We  will continue to urge Mrs Dorries and other MPs to support moves to  reduce the  number of abortions, but to avoid the pitfalls of the time-limits  approach. The  time-limits approach has been tried, tested, and proven to fail.  In  1990, this approach led to the abolition of any time limit on the abortion of disabled babies.

'The  repeated omission of protection for the disabled from abortion bills  both in  this  country and other countries has entrenched, and continues to  entrench even further, lethal discrimination against the disabled, born and unborn.'

Paul  Tully, SPUC general secretary, can be contacted on 07939 178719. SPUC  can be contacted on 020 7222 5845 - or visit their website.

(SPUC has the largest and most politically active  membership among UK pro-life groups.  It opposes abortion and supports legislative measures and other interventions to reduce the number of abortions).

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