Vatican calls UK abortion law changes “complete disaster”

The president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Mgr Renzo Pegoraro, has described proposals to legalise abortion up until birth as a “disaster” and said he hopes the UK is able to avoid it

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The president of the Pontifical Academy for Life has issued a blunt rejection of proposed changes to abortion law in the United Kingdom.

Mgr Renzo Pegoraro made the remarks during a March 24 press conference when asked a question on clause 208 of the Crime and Policing Bill.

Clause 208 is the provision, approved by peers in the House of Lords on March 18, that would remove criminal liability for women who carry out their own abortions at any stage of pregnancy.

The Catholic Herald asked the president for his views on the current progression of the Bill and what is happening so far. Mgr Pegoraro put it bluntly:

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