A rightwing Christian lobby group that wants abortion to be banned has forged ties with an adviser to the prime minister and is drawing up policy briefings for politicians.
The UK branch of the US-based Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has more than doubled its spending since 2020 and been appointed a stakeholder in a parliamentary group on religious freedoms in a role that grants it direct access to MPs.
The ADF’s efforts to boost its UK influence are revealed as part of an Observer analysis that shows a surge in activity within the wider anti-abortion movement.
Ahead of a historic vote on abortion later this spring, in which MPs will vote on a law that would abolish the criminal offence associated with a woman ending her own pregnancy in England and Wales, several anti-abortion campaign groups have expanded their teams, ramped up advertising and coordinated mass letter-writing campaigns targeting MPs.
People campaign about upcoming change in the law. Where would democracy be if this sort of thing catches on?
Lefties the world over are staunch defenders of democracy. The demos must do what the (aristo)cracy tell them…
Does the bill spell out exactly what the consequences are for a woman that procures an abortion outside the legal limit?
“Does the bill spell out exactly what the consequences are for a woman that procures an abortion outside the legal limit?”
Of course not. The whole aim of feminism is that there should be no consequences for women’s actions whatsoever.
@Jim:’“Does the bill spell out exactly what the consequences are for a woman that procures an abortion outside the legal limit?”’
Doesn’t matter, since even if it specifies minimum terms, activist judges will ignore it just like they do everything else they don’t agree with.
Complete waste of time.
We know the sort of lobbying MPs that works, because the Muslims showed us.
If they’re not hiring private security guards while nervously telling all the media how peaceful you are, you’re not lobbying MPs properly.
So just to be clear there’s clear laws and rules around abortion, but they want to pass a new law that says if a woman ignores those laws they won’t be prosecuted
And people want to trust these idiots to legislate for euthanasia, may as well just remove murder from the law