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

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Lord Taylor of Warwick

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

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Monday 15th June 2020

(4 years, 6 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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My Lords, in 1996, I presented the Bill that enabled the UK’s first DNA database. At the moment of conception, life starts with unique DNA that no one else in the world has. Abortion is a distortion of that right to life. I oppose these regulations, and I totally support the points made in particular by the noble Baroness, Lady O’Loan, and the noble Lord, Lord Shinkwin. This year, there have been just over 430,000 deaths from Covid-19 worldwide. That is dreadful, but let us compare it with over 90 million abortions worldwide so far this year. Abortion is legal only because babies cannot vote. Life is a civil right, while abortion is a moral wrong. Abortion is a distortion.