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.