NORTHERN IRELAND REJOICED WHEN THE NEWS CAME OUT THAT THE UK SUPREME COURT HAS REJECTED FREE ABORTIONS FOR WOMEN IN NORTHERN IRELAND; ALLEGED NEWS. [1]
The ruling was made following a legal challenge brought by a Northern Ireland woman who took her daughter to Britain for an abortion in 2012, Alleged News. [1]
After an abortion at a commercial abortion center in Manchester, she claimed that the policy of the Department of Health in England only to fund abortions for women resident in England violated her daughter's human rights; Alleged News. [1]
She reportedly argued that the policy was discriminatory because the Abortion Act does not apply to Northern Ireland; Alleged News. [1]
Precious Life
Precious Life welcomed the UK Supreme Court's judgement in rejecting this appeal. [2]
Precious Life noted that in delivering the ruling, Lord Wilson said it was not for the court to "address the ethical considerations which underlie the difference" in the law regarding abortion in Northern Ireland and England; Alleged News. [2]
Bernadette Smyth, founder and director of Precious Life, said that "This decision is consistent with the case in European Court of Human Rights, Vo v France [2005], in which the Court stated that abortion is a matter for national legislation," Alleged News. [2]
"Northern Ireland abortion law, the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 and the Criminal Justice Act (NI) 1945, ensure that our unborn children are protected from abortion, is consistent with the original meaning of European Convention on Human Rights 1950," Alleged News. [2]
Abortion is not healthcare
Bernadette continued, "No one should be entitled to an abortion because abortion is not healthcare. It is the intentional killing of an unborn child. Furthermore not one international human rights instrument recognises a right to abortion. The law in Northern Ireland protects both mother and child. In fact, Northern Ireland is among the safest places for women to give birth. Over nearly fifty years of legalised abortion in Britain, higher abortion rates have run parallel to higher incidences of stillbirths, premature births, low birth-weight neonates, cerebral palsy, and maternal deaths as direct consequences of abortion. In contrast, Northern Ireland of course displays lower rates of all illnesses and deaths associated with legalised abortion," Alleged News. [2]
[1] UK Supreme Court Rejects Free Abortions for Women in Northern Ireland; Alleged News
[1] Supreme Court Respects Democracy; Alleged News
With thanks to lifenews.com and preciouslife.com
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