@jazzyrussell59 Or put it another way - do you believe Scotland breaking away from Great Britain and jumping into bed with the EU is actually independence?
@tbentley33@annamlulis You should know that it was once legal to own a slave and illegal to hide Ann Frank.
Being legal does not mean being morally correct.
You also need to realise that you are lying to yourself if you believe this is about a woman's own body.
@RexKwonDo_@el67_s It's not untrue. Even if religion DID play a major part - so what? If you want democracy, then people have the right to voice their opinion based on any set of beliefs they have. If you want to start restricting certain voices based on certain criteria, there is no democracy.
@Niall_Boylan@annamlulis You are 100% correct Niall. The problem is, if it's wrong at 34 weeks, why is it right at 30 weeks or 26 weeks or 20 weeks? Absolutely no-one can make a moral case for any stage. Either life is protected, or it's not & Ireland voted to say it should not be protected.
Parliament loves to display its fleeting moral outrage and heart-on-sleeve compassion. Every week MPs chest beat, emote, ostentatiously parade their concern.
And then that same Parliament votes through the decriminalisation of abortion up to birth and suddenly the chest beaters and emoters and carers have nothing to say about the body of the unborn child or what could happen to vulnerable women once this plan hits real life.
Last night the Lords voted through this plan - something MPs originally agreed to after a cursory couple of hours of debate.
I stand by every word of my speech against this last year, when I was glared and shouted at by the amendment's cheerleaders.
The tyranny of niceness is taking us to extreme places. It should make us weep.
@Steve__Clare@MhairiHunter Are you really that stupid Steve? I am asking what religious views are being used in the decision to vote one way or the other?
What does my profile have to do with anything?
@SBarrettBar I'll tell you what's even more confusing:
Abortion up to birth = reproductive rights.
OR
Abortion is healthcare
And yet it is repeated every day.