UK Church Leaders, Pro-Life Advocates Say Britain Now Has ‘Most Extreme’ Abortion Legislation

UK bishops, pro-life leaders react to vote decriminalizing women who end their own pregnancies

Archbishop John Sherrington said he is concerned that the vote by the House of Lords to decriminalize women who abort their children “is likely to lead to more late-term abortions.” [...]

UK church leaders, pro-life advocates say Britain now has ‘most extreme’ abortion legislation

Archbishop Sherrington said the controversial clause represented "a radical departure from our current law" and "is not supported by the British public."

British House of Lords Votes for Abortions Up to Birth

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'MPs are going too far on abortion; we need the House of Lords to pull it back' – Maria Caulfield

Despite already having abortion laws in England and Wales that are some of the most extreme in the western world, a highly controversial backbench amendment to the Crime & Policing Bill was passed by MPs last June that would "decriminalise" abortion up to birth for women in relation to their own pregnancies

Pro-life leader criticizes 'insane' UK bill that would decriminalize certain abortions up until birth

A pro-life leader criticized a bill being considered in the United Kingdom that would protect women from criminal liability for abortions up until birth, calling it "absolutely absurd."

UK church leaders, pro-life advocates say Britain now has 'most extreme' abortion legislation - Biweekly Newspaper for the Diocese of Richmond %

(OSV News) — Religious leaders and pro-life advocates are raising alarms about changes to abortion laws in Britain after the House of Lords advanced legislation that would remove penalties for women who terminate their pregnancies. The House of Lords voted March 18 to back an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill, known as Clause 208, which states that “no offense is committed by a woman acting in relation to her own pregnancy.” Pro-life advo…