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However, the Government’s response to the issue has so far been truly awful. The fear of upsetting the pro-abortion side even slightly seems to be at the heart of this pervasive denialism.
Read →The UK Parliament rejected the assisted suicide Bill by 286 votes to 270 after two years of national debate, with opposition from leaders of Labour, the Conservatives, Reform UK, and the Liberal Democrats, and no Northern Irish MPs voting in favor. This defeat follows a similar rejection in Scotland earlier in the year and is seen as significant for right-to-life campaigners, demonstrating continued parliamentary resistance to legalizing assisted suicide despite media support for change.
Read →The Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) leadership admitted before the Oireachtas Health Committee that it did not consult its 4,900 members, including those involved in abortion provision, before supporting the removal of the three-day waiting period for abortion. The Pro Life Campaign highlighted that the ICGP also failed to consider testimonies from women who decided against abortion after the waiting period, and a poll showed 55.3% of the public supports retaining the three-day wait.
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