A total of 13 MPs who self-identify as Catholics voted for either abortion up to and during birth or for assisted suicide, or for both, analysis has revealed.
Some voted for an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill last month to decriminalise abortion, for any reason, in spite of the tradition of Church teaching that abortion is not only a grave and intrinsic moral evil but also an unspeakable crime.
Days later, others voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill which will allow doctors to help patients to kill themselves.
Their votes helped to pass the Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s private member’s Bill at Third Reading in the House of Commons. The Bill will go to a vote at the House of Lords in September before it becomes law.
The Catholic MPs voted for assisted suicide in spite of repeated pleas from the bishops of England and Wales and from Catholic priests and laity to reject the legislation because it directly contradicts the Commandment not to kill.
Some MPs voted for both abortion up to birth and assisted suicide. According to <a href="https://voiceofthefamily.com/thirteen-catholic-mps-vote-to-kill-the-innocent-the-faithful-must-take-action/"><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color">Voice of the Family, </mark></a>which has compiled the list, the 13 are:
Voice of the Family said on its website that it is launching a campaign of prayer aiming “in particular that the Catholic bishops of England and Wales will reverse their policy of admitting to Holy Communion Catholic parliamentarians who vote for intrinsic evils”.
“This reversal of policy is all the more urgent now that one Catholic priest has, courageously and in accordance with canon law, publicly refused Holy Communion to his local MP who voted for assisted suicide,” the group said.
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