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Press release – 185 MP candidates sign pro-life pledge since launch on Monday
16 June 2024 – 185 candidates from around the country have signed the Both Lives Pledge since it was launched on Monday.
Earlier this week Right To Life UK launched a major general election campaign – the Vote For Both Lives campaign – a large-scale initiative they are running throughout the country in the lead up to election day on 4th July.
The Both Lives Pledge outlines three policy changes that are designed to increase protection for babies in the womb and end pregnancy discrimination for women – policies that will save lives by protecting and supporting both mother and child.
These policies are likely to be brought forward by politicians in the next parliament. Independent polling by Savanta ComRes shows that all three policy changes are strongly supported by the public.
An analysis by the Right To Life UK Public Affairs team of the voting records of the 132 MPs that have decided not to stand again for election shows that 92 (70%) had a predominantly pro-abortion voting record during their time in parliament. Only 23 (17%) of those MPs standing down have a predominantly pro-life voting record.
After failing to make extreme changes to abortion legislation during the last Parliament, the abortion lobby has made it clear that they will be back to attempt to introduce extreme abortion legislation in the next Parliament.
Constituents are being encouraged to visit www.righttolife.org.uk/bothlives where it takes 30 seconds to ask their MP candidates to sign the Both Lives Pledge.
Spokesperson for Right To Life UK, Catherine Robinson, said:
“This is the biggest response we have seen to any election campaign we have run ever.
Since we launched the Vote For Both Lives campaign on Monday, tens of thousands of emails have been sent from constituents throughout the country asking them to sign the Both Lives Pledge“.
“185 MP candidates have now signed the Both Lives Pledge making it clear that if elected they will be supporting important measures to increase protection for babies in the womb and end pregnancy discrimination for women. These are policies that will save lives by protecting and supporting both mother and child”.
“In the next Parliament, the abortion lobby will likely be back in full force, pushing to introduce new extreme abortion legislation”.
“It is fantastic to see such a strong response from the community and MP candidates as the UK faces what is one of the most important elections for life issues in a number of decades“.
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