Category: Updates and resources

You may have seen that Baroness O’Loan has joined a number of prominent people from across the community in Northern Ireland condemning the Government’s proposed abortion framework for Northern Ireland.

The Government has launched a consultation on the proposed abortion framework which goes far beyond the existing law in England and Wales, and that of the Republic of Ireland. The proposals also go far beyond what the Government was required to do by the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019. 

This proposed abortion framework is a blatant attempt by the Government to further undermine the will of the people of Northern Ireland. It adds insult to injury after Westminster voted to impose new abortion laws on Northern Ireland and would likely lead to an even larger increase in the number of lives lost to abortion in Northern Ireland. 

We need to make it clear that a very large number of people oppose the proposed abortion framework. Submissions to the consultation close at 11:45pm on Monday, so please make your submission now.

Click the button below to make your submission using our easy to use tool.

Thank you to everyone who has used our new MP candidate database and shared it with friends. Some of our supporters said that it was not clear that they had to click through to the profile for each candidate to find out if they have signed the pledge. We have taken this feedback on and updated the user interface so this is more clear. We will be updating the platform daily as more MP candidates sign the Both Lives Pledge.

NEW EMAIL FUNCTION – ASK YOUR CANDIDATES WHERE THEY STAND ON ASSISTED SUICIDE

In the next parliament, there is likely to be an attempt to introduce assisted suicide.  

This afternoon we have launched a new feature that will allow you to write to your MP candidates asking them to pledge to oppose any attempts to introduce assisted suicide or euthanasia, and support palliative care for people at the end of their lives.

Click the button below to write to your candidates now.

We have launched a separate pledge on this issue as there are many candidates who take a different view on assisted suicide from that which they take on abortion. 

Keeping the pledge on this separate means you, as a voter, will have clear information on exactly where your MP candidates stand on both issues. It will also be useful for our public affairs team to have this data on new candidates so we know who is opposed to assisted suicide among the new parliamentary intake.

Thank you for your ongoing support.

This evening we have launched a new function on our website, which will allow you to see the following for each local MP candidate:

• Main pledge – Which of your local candidates have signed the Both Lives Pledge.
• Voting record – If the candidate has been an MP in the past, the function outlines their voting record on life issues in parliament.
• Additional data – The function also shows if a candidate has signed the pledge from the UK’s largest abortion provider to introduce abortion for any reason through to birth, along with other useful information on the candidate.

Click the button below to see if your candidates have signed the Both Lives Pledge.