The Lib Dem manifesto states that they plan to: “Decriminalise abortion across the UK while retaining the existing 24-week limit and legislate for access to abortion facilities within Northern Ireland.”
The Labour party says: “We will uphold women’s reproductive rights and decriminalise abortions” and “Women in Northern Ireland should have access to abortions in Northern Ireland.”
Vicars, members of General Synod, youth workers and academics from the Church of England signed a letter expressing their concerns at this.
383 people signed in time for publication on Thursday, with around 40 more offering their support afterwards.
The letter states: “These changes would amount to a declaration that a foetus was no longer a human being, worthy of the same protections against deliberate harm and termination of life.”
The Anglican members call on the Church of England bishops to speak out against the policies, in the light of their own official teaching that says, “the foetus is a human life, with the potential to develop relationships, think, pray, choose and love.”
Some bishops have already expressed their concerns with the policy proposal, such as Rt Rev Philip North, the Bishop of Burnley and Rt Rev Tony Robinson, Bishop of Wakefield.
The law states that abortion is legal up to 24 weeks, providing it is signed off by two doctors who think the woman’s physical or mental…
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