News Item: : A Tragic Day in British History
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Thursday 23 October 2008 - 08:47:52

To quote John Smeaton of SPUC;

'This is a tragic day in British history.'

Why?

Because the House of Commons voted 355 to 129 in favour of the evil HFE Bill.

However...there is some good news which could still save thousands of lives - Thanks in no small measure to the massive and unified efforts of the people of Northern Ireland to resist the amendment to the HFE Bill, which would have foisted abortion on them against their democratic will, the British Government found it more practical to prevent any of the other barbarous amendments from going through.

Thus we were spared the spectre of abortion in Northern Ireland, the threat of abortion being seen as 'on demand' (through only requiring one doctor to sign for abortion and the removal of the 'mental health' clause), the threat that nurses and midwives may have been allowed to commit abortions, the threat that abortions may have been carried out anywhere health services where offered, the grave danger that abortion drugs may have been allowed to be taken at home without supervision, and the threats against pro-life counselling groups.

These evils we have been spared. For this we must give thanks to God and to the people of Northern Ireland for their unified voice. Other voices consistently stood out also... including as ever the loyal Bishop Patrick O'Donoghue of Lancaster, Cardinal Keith O'Brien of Scotland and John Smeaton of SPUC.

Nevertheless our prayers must not cease now. As we know we already do have abortion on demand in the practical sense and now we are faced with the reality that a very evil law has been voted through the Commons which poses a grave threat to embryos and to the very dignity of the human person through allowing so called 'hybrid' animal-human cloning; an insult to humanity and to God who became Incarnate as man.

Friends in Christ, and all people of good will, let us continue to pray for the cause of life and for true peace. For as Pope John Paul II once stated;

'A great prayer for Life is urgently needed.' 




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