Ian Paisley spoke after scores of MPs – including Government ministers – signalled their support for liberalising legislation, following an historic referendum in Ireland on the issue.
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) representative for North Antrim also said: “The settled will of the people has been to afford protections to the unborn life and protect the life of the mother.”
Sixty-six-per-cent of voters in the Republic of Ireland on Friday backed the repeal of an amendment to the constitution which outlaws abortion in all but exceptional circumstances.
While she congratulated the Irish people on their decision, the Prime Minister found herself under renewed pressure to ensure abortion laws in Northern Ireland were more in keeping with legislation governing the rest of the UK.
Labour MP Stella Creasy said more than 140 parliamentarians had expressed support for a legislative intervention by Westminster, given the absence of a devolved government at Stormont since January last year.
The minister for women and equalities Penny Mordaunt said the Irish abortion vote represented a “historic and great day for Ireland” and a “hopeful one for Northern Ireland”. She added: “That hope must be met.”
But the Prime Minister’s fragile administration relies on support from ten DUP MPs who strongly oppose reform.
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