THE UK'S LARGEST and oldest pro-life group, the Society for
the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has dismissed recent newspaper stories
about ministerial support for reducing abortion time-limits as 'journalistic
hype'.
SPUC was responding to recent stories in The Times and The
Telegraph newspapers in which ministers were asked whether they support
reducing time-limits for abortion.
Anthony Ozimic, SPUC communications manager, told the media
: 'These stories are in reality media-generated hype. There is no 'news' in
these stories. The voting records of Jeremy Hunt, Maria Miller and Theresa May
on abortion time-limits, over four years ago, are public knowledge. The
Telegraph supports reducing abortion time-limits while The Times is strongly
against any abortion restrictions, and between them they are generating some
heat but little light on the real politics of abortion. There is some
scare-mongering by pro-abortion figures, and some groundless hope for success
by Nadine Dorries MP, whose amendments in 2008 were clearly defeated.
'There is a large pro-abortion majority in Parliament which
will ensure that any time-limiting amendments are rejected while using the
opportunity to push for pro-abortion amendments. The real political debate
about abortion in the UK should focus - as it does elsewhere in the world - on
the right to life of all unborn children and on way governments bankroll
abortion access at home and abroad.'
See SPUC News Release of last Thursday (4 October 2012) Freshperspective, not time-limit debate, needed on abortion, says pro-life groupSPUC
