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‘Abortion storyteller’ says abortion “act of self-love”

A pro-abortion activist said that abortion is an “act of self-love” and refused to confirm that she did not support infanticide  at a House Oversight Committee in the US.

During the Committee meeting, an abortion activist, Sara Lopez, who has given lectures on abortion and organised for people to travel to different states to get abortions, said:

“My abortion was the best decision I ever made. It was an act of self-love”.

“I love my abortion”

On the website We Testify, Lopez writes that she “honors” her abortion and says: “I love my abortion and I will remain unapologetic because it was the best decision I’ve ever made”.

Her comments have caused a considerable backlash with Obianuju Ekeocha of Culture of Life Africa asking if abortion self-love was “like a day at the spa?”

Author Adam Ellwanger commented: “Imagine if the best thing you ever did was an act of destruction rather than an act of creation”.

In the same hearing, Republic Congressman Ralph Norman of South Carolina asked Lopez if she was supported infanticide, the process of killing a newly born baby. Lopez refused to answer the question even when pressed. The Congressman concluded the exchange saying: “I’ll take that as a yes, you do agree [with infanticide]”.

Roe v Wade

The hearing took place in the aftermath of the overturning of the Roe v Wade decision that meant that states once again have the authority to legislate on the right to life of the unborn child as they see fit. The original 1973 Roe v Wade judgement prevented lawmakers from recognising the right to life of babies in the womb and providing those babies with full legal protection.

Right To Life UK spokesperson, Catherine Robinson, said: “This woman’s comments are utterly tragic and deserves pity. We must hope she is making such comments for rhetorical effect.”

Dear reader,

You may be surprised to learn that our 24-week abortion time limit is out of line with the majority of European Union countries, where the most common time limit for abortion on demand or on broad social grounds is 12 weeks gestation.

The latest guidance from the British Association of Perinatal Medicine enables doctors to intervene to save premature babies from 22 weeks. The latest research indicates that a significant number of babies born at 22 weeks gestation can survive outside the womb, and this number increases with proactive perinatal care.

This leaves a real contradiction in British law. In one room of a hospital, doctors could be working to save a baby born alive at 23 weeks whilst, in another room of that same hospital, a doctor could perform an abortion that would end the life of a baby at the same age.

The majority of the British population support reducing the time limit. Polling has shown that 70% of British women favour a reduction in the time limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks or below.

Please click the button below to sign the petition to the Prime Minister, asking him to do everything in his power to reduce the abortion time limit.