For a movement whose primary argument is that a humane society shouldn’t throw women in jail for brave and difficult decisions, the abortion lobby really does prescribe a lot of jail time for women making brave and difficult decisions.
In recent days, Rupa Huq MP proposed an amendment to jail women for two years for the ‘crime’ of offering support to other women outside abortion facilities.
She says it’s to stop harassment – but harassment is already illegal.
The proposed legislation criminalises virtually anything a pro-life individual might do outside an abortion facility.
Given how often pro-lifers are criticised for trying to save babies without helping vulnerable women, you would think that practical, material, and relational support for women who feel they have no choice but to end their pregnancies would be welcomed by both sides of the abortion debate.