Pro abortion agenda of some Alliance candidates is far reaching

I questioned the motives of a significant section of his party – Alliance assembly candidates who would seek to play cheap party politics with women’s suffering and, are on record as wanting to legislate further on abortion, introducing the absolute right of a woman to choose. Stewart appears out of touch with this significant rump within his party.

The out flowing of these aspirations are far reaching. The 1967 act requires two medical practitioners’ consent. In 2014 there were 201,576 abortions carried out in GB. 98% of these were conducted under section C of that Act, relating exclusively to “Injury to the mental health of the pregnant mother”. Your colleagues would seek to relax this even further.

Because someone disagrees with your amendments Stewart does not mean they don’t care or want a compassionate solution for managing these tragic circumstances.

It is the belief of the expert clinicians that unfortunate families in similar circumstances to Sarah’s can be managed compassionately and satisfactorily through a set of strong agreed guidelines. What affords you and others in your party the right to think that you know better?

People like myself care deeply and want a compassionate solution as well. However they also care passionately about the rights of the most vulnerable in our society who cannot speak for themselves.

Your amendments were ill thought and unnecessary and if adopted would have provided a key for your colleagues to unlock their broader agenda.

Mark Williams, Stewartstown Rd BT17