Abortion
Ahead of tomorrow’s Stage 1 debate in the Scottish Parliament, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has warned that the Natural Environment Bill poses several risks to the balance of deer management in Scotland. BASC has briefed MSPs on its main concerns and is urging a rethink of proposals that could undermine effective… Read more »
The House of Lords Select Committee for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has just announced its final oral witnesses, and it will not hear from terminally ill individuals or those who have assisted loved ones to die. Clare Turner, a terminally ill person, and Louise Shackleton, who accompanied her husband to Switzerland… Read more »
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MPs will vote whether to restrict abortion access this week, as another senior religious official says MPs who support abortion rights cannot fully participate in the Catholic Church. Ann Winterton’s ten minute rule bill will go before the Commons on Tuesday June 5, marking the third attempt in six months to restrict the abortion rules…. Read more »
Cardinal Keith O’Brien has urged Catholics to withhold their vote from pro-abortion politicians, calling the practice an “unspeakable crime”. In an emotive but carefully worded statement, he warned Catholic politicians of “the barrier such co-operation erects to receiving holy communion”. Most commentators are taking the phrase as a thinly veiled warning politicians who do not… Read more »
