Foetal Sentience Committee Bill [HL]
Debate between Lord Robathan and Baroness Kennedy of Shaws
2nd reading
Friday 22nd March 2024
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Friday 22nd March 2024
(8 months ago)
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Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws (Lab)
It is quite clear that the purpose of the Bill is to seek to roll back advances that have been made in relation to abortion, and to try to reduce the time limits we currently have. The House should know that in 2020, £390,000 came through the ADF into the UK, and it is not disclosed where those funds come from. That money doubled to £770,000 in 2022. We do not have a current figure, but I am sure it is multiplying at a rate of knots. We are seeing, I am afraid, an effort to weaponise the issue of abortion and women’s freedom in order to create divisions in our society. I really hope the House sees the purport in the Bill.
Lord Robathan (Con)
My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Moylan on bringing forward the Bill—