The Archbishop of Liverpool has urged Catholics to write to their MPs to oppose hijacking amendments to a government Bill to allow abortion up to birth.
Archbishop John Sherrington, the lead bishop for life issues of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, made his plea after Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi tabled the amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill.
The purpose of the draft legislation, which has reached Report Stage in the House of Commons, is to introduce measures to combat violence, especially against women, and to halt the scourge of knife crime in particular.
