The Abortion Act – which was passed 49 years ago today – was meant to be a cautious, limited measure. Instead, it has led to the abortion of six and a half million children in England and Wales. It was meant to have strict safeguards, so that the law could not be abused. Instead (just to mention recent scandals) we have witnessed doctors escape prosecution for sanctioning sex-selective abortions and pre-signing stacks of abortion forms without ever seeing the women they were supposedly treating. The numbers of repeat abortions and abortions on the grounds of disability has skyrocketed, with late-term abortions for babies with disabilities increasing by 271 per cent since 1995.
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On the anniversary of the Abortion Act, pro-lifers must remember: we can win
Abortion can seem impossible to overcome. But so did communism
Clara Watson
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