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Baroness Rosa Monckton says a proposed UK amendment would remove criminal penalties for women who end their own pregnancies at any stage, raising concerns about late-term, unsupervised abortions at home.
LONDON — A UK Catholic peer has warned that proposed legislation, currently passing through the British Parliament to decriminalize abortion up to birth, is a “terrifying proposition” and a “barbaric step” that would effectively encourage mothers to use abortion pills at home, even in later stages of pregnancy.
In an opinion piece in the Daily Mailpublished Wednesday, Baroness Rosa Monckton said Clause 191, an amendment to a Crime and Policing Bill, would remove “all remaining legal invigilation of women regarding abortion, allowing a mother-to-be to abort her baby, up to full term, for any reason at all, including its sex.”
The amendment, first tabled by Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi, was pushed through the House of Commons last June after just 46 minutes of backbench debate. f it is ultimately agreed by both Houses of Parliament and enacted, it would no longer be a criminal offense for a woman to end her own pregnancy at any stage, including late in gestation, while leaving criminal penalties in place for others who perform unlawful abortions.
Baroness Monckton and Baroness Philippa Stroud are leading a coordinated bid in the House of Lords to remove the clause from the bill and restore mandatory in‑person medical consultations before at‑home abortions.
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LONDON — A UK Catholic peer has warned that proposed legislation, currently passing through the British Parliament to decriminalize abortion up to birth, is a “terrifying proposition” and a “barbaric step” that would effectively encourage mothers to use abortion pills at home, even in later stages of pregnancy.
In an opinion piece in the Daily Mailpublished Wednesday, Baroness Rosa Monckton said Clause 191, an amendment to a Crime and Policing Bill, would remove “all remaining legal invigilation of women regarding abortion, allowing a mother-to-be to abort her baby, up to full term, for any reason at all, including its sex.”
The amendment, first tabled by Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi, was pushed through the House of Commons last June after just 46 minutes of backbench debate. f it is ultimately agreed by both Houses of Parliament and enacted, it would no longer be a criminal offense for a woman to end her own pregnancy at any stage, including late in gestation, while leaving criminal penalties in place for others who perform unlawful abortions.
Baroness Monckton and Baroness Philippa Stroud are leading a coordinated bid in the House of Lords to remove the clause from the bill and restore mandatory in‑person medical consultations before at‑home abortions.
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UK Catholic Baroness Warns of ‘Terrifying’ Plan to Decriminalize Abortion Pills Up to Birth
Baroness Rosa Monckton says a proposed UK amendment would remove criminal penalties for women who end their own pregnancies at any stage, raising concerns about late-term, unsupervised abortions at home.
