MP bid to ban pro-life groups from saving babies

Please pray for the Westminster Hall debate at 4.30pm today

Rupa Huq MP is leading a pro-abortion attempt to create buffer zones outside abortion clinics which will prevent any alternative information being given to women seeking abortion. The Westminster Hall debate is scheduled for today at 4.30pm. Christian Concern CEO, Andrea Williams says: “This is not just about the right to protest. It is about concerned Christians meeting vulnerable women to help them at this difficult period in their lives. It is about offering assistance, homes, support, funding and giving them the possibility of keeping their babies or considering adoption.

A recent evidence-based review shows that a majority of women seeking an abortion are not aware of what the procedure entails or of the related health risks to the mother. Few women seeking an abortion will receive counselling that adequately or accurately informs them of such risks and that highlights alternatives. The Good Counsel Network and other pro-life groups have peacefully and lawfully gathered outside abortion clinics for decades praying for and enabling women to access truth about abortion. If women are to make informed decisions about abortion, they need to be aware of the full impact of it.”

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The Good Counsel Network, 40 Days For Life, and similar groups that gather outside abortion clinics have the care of both woman and child at the heart of their efforts. Last year combined figures from Marie Stopes in Ealing and BPAS in Twickenham show that 1,336 fewer abortions were performed in those clinics than in 2015. This shows thepositive, life-affirming impact a non-judgemental presence has outside of abortion clinics. Should Rupa Huq’s campaign be successful, women in these situations will be unable to hear of support systems in place that could see them choose to keep their pre-born child. Without lawful and peaceful gatherings of pro-life supporters, many women considering abortion would not be aware of alternatives – information BPAS, Marie Stopes, and other abortion providers routinely and wilfully withhold. If you have a pro-life MP or one who cares for and supports freedom of speech, please contact him or her, requesting that they attend the Westminster Hall debate and speak in support of peaceful gatherings outside abortion clinics.

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Please pray that pro-life voices will be heard in the Westminster Hall debate. Please pray that buffer-zones will not be established outside abortion clinics and that freedom of speech will be preserved.

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