Its pledged to “vigorously challenge any attempt to extend abortion provision beyond the current 24 week limit” comes after the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats recently proposed decriminalisation of abortion in their manifestos.
The parties’ plans would remove all sanctions in criminal law for those who perform abortions outside the limits set by the Abortion Act 1967.
The Church’s announcement to fight the increasing of the abortion week limit came after hundreds of Anglicans wrote an open letter in The Times published on 28th November also stating their opposition to the idea.
A response to the open letter signed by Rt Rev Christine Hardman, Lord Bishop of Newcastle and Rt Rev James Newcome, Lord Bishop of Carlisle & House of Bishops’ lead on Health and Social Care expressed the Church’s total commitment to the issue.
“As a general rule we would not comment on specifics of party manifestos in the midst of a General Election campaign, but as bishops and as Members of the House of Lords we are fully committed to engagement on this with parties, MPs and Peers when Parliament returns,” they said.
“The issue has in the past been a matter of individual conscience for MPs and Peers where the party whip is not usually applied, and we believe firmly that it should remain so. We can provide assurance that we will also vigorously challenge any attempt to extend…
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