Evangelical Alliance: Current laws on abortion in NI offer the best care for women

We welcome the result of Wednesday night's vote at Stormont which rejected two proposals to extend current access to abortion in Northern Ireland.
By The Newsroom
Published 11th Feb 2016, 16:09 BST
Updated 17th Feb 2016, 07:20 BST

The democratic vote was in line with expert medical advice, the best legal advice and the views of the majority of respondents to the Department of Justice consultation.

The proposals would have led to a considerable legal, medical and ethical shift.

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We recognise that instances of pregnancy involving life-limiting conditions and sexual crime are extremely difficult; our first response is compassion.

Women deserve better than abortion.

We believe that the current law on abortion, when supported by guidelines and underpinned with services, is best care for women.

We continue to call for the publication of new guidelines to provide clarity under existing law.

We also ask political parties to make a commitment in their manifesto to provide better pathways of care for women in pregnancy crisis, including peri-natal hospice care and counselling services.

Dawn McAvoy, Evangelical Alliance