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Conservative Gov abandons neutrality to impose abortion on Northern Ireland

The Conservative Government appears to have abandoned its neutral policy in regard to abortion as it promotes legislation which would force abortion on Northern Ireland.

For various legislative reasons, an abortion amendment added to the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill will not function as intended and would not implement abortion in Northern Ireland. 

However, the Government has since made clear that it is working to redraft the abortion clause so that the Bill will force abortion onto Northern Ireland.

On behalf of the Government, Lord Ian Duncan said: “I have just met [the MPs who proposed the amendments] to discuss how best to take this forward and to ensure that [the amendments] can be delivered.”

Commentators have reported that the outgoing Prime Minister, Theresa May, is concerned to leave a strong legacy. Currently, it looks like she will head the first Conservative Government, not only to actively change abortion legislation but to do so against the expressed will of 100% of MPs representing Northern Ireland, all of whom voted against the abortion amendment.

Whilst the original amendment to force abortion on Northern Ireland came from Stella Creasy MP and a number of other MPs, the Conservative Government have since committed to redrafting the amendment. Should it succeed, they will be directly responsible for the imposition on abortion on Northern Ireland.

Due to the pro-life laws in Northern Ireland 100,000 people are alive today who would otherwise not be. The Government are now actively attempting to remove those legal protections that protected the lives of these people.

Clare McCarthy from Right To Life UK said:

Polling shows that two-thirds of Tory councillors oppose Westminster forcing abortion on Northern Ireland, which likely reflects the sentiment of grassroots Conservative voters.”

“It is truly disappointing that this Conservative Government look set to be the first, not only to change abortion legislation, but to break the devolution settlement and impose it on a region that does not want it.”

“As Lord Shinkwin said last night, Theresa May will leave a “burning injustice” as her legacy if she continues to support forcing abortion on Northern Ireland.”

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Thanks to the support from people like you, in 2025, we have grown to 250,000 supporters, reached over 100 million views online, helped bring the Leadbeater assisted suicide Bill within just 12 votes of defeat and fought major proposals to introduce abortion up to birth.

However, the challenges we face are far from over.

FIVE MAJOR BATTLES

In 2026, we will be facing five major battles:

  1. Assisted suicide at Westminster – the Leadbeater Bill
    With this session of the UK Parliament at Westminster expected to continue well into 2026, there are many more months of this battle to fight. There is growing momentum in the House of Lords against the dangerous Leadbeater assisted suicide Bill, but well-funded groups such as Dignity in Dying have poured millions into lobbying, and we must sustain the pressure so this Bill never becomes law.
  2. Assisted suicide in Scotland – the McArthur Bill
    We are expecting to face the final Stage 3 vote on the Scottish McArthur assisted suicide Bill early in the new year. If just seven MSPs switch from voting for to against the Bill, it will be defeated. This is a battle that can be won, but the assisted suicide lobby is working intensely to stop that from happening.
  3. Assisted suicide in Wales – the Senedd vote
    In January, we are expecting the Welsh Senedd to vote on whether they will allow the Leadbeater assisted suicide Bill to be rolled out in Wales. Dignity in Dying and their allies are already putting a big focus on winning this vote. This is going to be another decisive and major battle.
  4. Abortion up to birth at Westminster
    We are going to face major battles over the Antoniazzi abortion up to birth amendment as it moves through the House of Lords. Baroness Monckton has tabled an amendment to overturn this change, and other Peers have proposed changes that would protect more babies from having their lives ended in late-term home abortions.
  5. Abortion up to birth in Scotland
    In Scotland, moves are underway to attempt to introduce an even more extreme abortion law there. An “expert group” undertaking a review of abortion law in Scotland has recommended that the Scottish Government scrap the current 24-week time limit – and abortion be available on social grounds right up to birth. It is expected that the Scottish Government will bring forward final proposals as a Government Bill next year.

If these major threats from our opposition are successful, it would be a disaster. Thousands of lives would be lost.

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Work fighting both the abortion and assisted suicide lobbies in 2025 has substantially drained our limited resources.

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