At first sight, it might appear that to campaign for a reduction is a good thing - some lives might be saved, and softly, softly catchee monkey, winning hearts and minds... maybe a total ban can be worked towards, eventually...
SPUC has explained why this is wishful thinking - any pro-life amendment would be voted down in the current parliamentary climate, and the opportunity to add anti-life amendments would be given, and those would probably get through.
To those who think that we need to work slowly towards getting rid of abortion, I just want to point out the blindingly obvious:
Either abortion is wrong because it is the killing of a human being, or it is not. Life begins at conception. There is no "acceptable" time at which to kill a baby. To call for a reduction in the time limit ignores this basic point.
There is currently a poll on the Telegraph's website which asks when people think the limit should be - and just for once, "total ban" is actually an option...
BTW, the photo at the top of the post is what the politicians are saying can be aborted - a baby at 20 weeks' gestation.
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