Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem Excerpts

Monday 15th June 2020 Lords Chamber

[Lord Campbell of Pittenweem (LD) [V]]

My Lords, I respect, and indeed even admire, those noble Lords who oppose abortion on the grounds of sincerely-held moral objections, of which we have heard on several eloquent occasions this evening. However, I shall vote for the Motion, first, because of the observations of the Supreme Court, but also for this reason: I do not believe that female United Kingdom citizens living in Northern Ireland should suffer discrimination as compared with female citizens of the United Kingdom elsewhere.