Pro-life advocates are gearing up to challenge attempts by the British Parliament to impose drastic changes on Northern Ireland’s abortion policies.

The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children has announced a legal action against the UK government’s grant of wide-ranging powers to Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis to implement “fully-funded abortion service” in Northern Ireland.

SPUC spokesman Liam Gibson denounced the move as “a disgraceful power grab by the Westminster Government.” He said, “If allowed to stand it will not only condemn to death an untold number of unborn babies but fatally undermine the devolution settlement as well.”