{"id":21132,"date":"2023-09-04T11:36:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T11:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adf.uk\/?p=11676"},"modified":"2024-02-16T14:23:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T13:23:10","slug":"pro-life-rally-attracts-thousands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/pro-life-rally-attracts-thousands","title":{"rendered":"Thousands stand against abortion decriminalisation in Parliament Square, London"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\" data-leveltext=\"-\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;-&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Polling data shows 70% of UK women would favour bringing UK 24-week abortion limit more into line with European standards (12-15 weeks)<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\" data-leveltext=\"-\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;-&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">7,000 march through central London in support of \u201cbetter options than abortion\u201d for women &amp; unborn babies<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">LONDON (4<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> September 2023) &#8211;<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Police estimated that 7,000 pro-life attendees of all ages, including a large contingent of youth, filled Parliament Square on Saturday to &#8220;March for Life\u201d. Key messages expressed by participants highlighted support for more care for mothers and babies, and opposition to the decriminalisation of abortion.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Attendees of note included Sir Edward Leigh MP, who was pictured with a sign reading \u201cabortion is not healthcare, healthcare doesn\u2019t kill&#8230;\u201d. Religious leader and GB News host Calvin Robinson and Catholic Bishop John Sherrington also attended the event, as well as political commentators such as Tim Stanley, Fleur Meston, Anna McGovern, Alice Grant, and Connor Tomlinson. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWith a push to decriminalise abortion up to full term on the horizon, there\u2019s never been a more critical time to raise concerns about women\u2019s health and wellbeing. So many have been left traumatised or hospitalised as the result of abortions, and almost 1 in 5 women who undergo this procedure say they felt pushed into it. In the UK, we have abortion up to 24 weeks \u2013 about 6 months \u2013 at which point the baby is well-developed and can feel pain. In 2023, women and their babies deserve far better than abortion. We\u2019re pushing for a future where both lives in a pregnancy are protected and supported,\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> said ADF UK\u2019s Lois McLatchie Miller, who spoke at the rally.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-container brlbs-cmpnt-content-blocker brlbs-cmpnt-with-individual-styles\" data-borlabs-cookie-content-blocker-id=\"x-alias-twitter-content-blocker\" data-borlabs-cookie-content=\"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\">\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-preset-b brlbs-cmpnt-cb-x\">\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-thumbnail\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/borlabs-cookie\/1\/cb-twitter-main.png')\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-main\">\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-content\">\n<p class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-description\">You are currently viewing a placeholder content from <strong>X<\/strong>. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-provider-toggle\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-show-provider-information role=\"button\">More Information<\/a> <\/div>\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-buttons\"> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-btn\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-unblock role=\"button\">Unblock content<\/a> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-btn\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-accept-service role=\"button\" style=\"display: inherit\">Accept required service and unblock content<\/a> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWomen deserve better\u201d than abortion up till birth<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ellie, a young woman who received post-abortive counselling from charity Rachel\u2019s Vineyard, addressed the crowd about her experience of having undergone three abortions.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI think I can speak for every post-abortive woman stood here today that abortion didn\u2019t grant us freedom, but made us captives in one way or another.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Proposals to extend the abortion limit in the UK up till birth fall outside of the support of most women in the country, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/righttolife.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Where-Do-They-Stand-Abortion-Survey-Data-Tables.pdf\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">polling data<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> obtained by Savanta ComRes. Only 1% of women in Great Britain supported extending abortion time limits beyond 24 weeks, with another 1% favouring up to birth.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">According to the same poll, 70% of women who favoured a reduction in time limits to earlier than 24 weeks.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Counter-protests dwarfed in numbers<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Pro-abortion groups, advocating for abortion up to birth, held a small <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1698012674976555414?s=20\">counter-protest<\/a>, with support from London ANTIFA group \u201cLondon Anti-fascist Assembly\u201d, the \u201cSex Worker Advocacy and Resistance Movement (SWARM)\u201d and a handful of others. The counter-protesters were vastly outnumbered by the thousands of people, of all ages, supporting positive pro-woman and pro-life messages.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Marching for Freedom<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Co-director of the event, Isabel Vaughan-Spruce who also spoke, shared her experience of being arrested for praying silently near an abortion facility, as was captured on a viral video earlier this year.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cOn the second time I was arrested I was told my prayers were an offence. I\u2019ll tell you what is offensive &#8211; that our country has the highest ever abortion figures, with 100,000 of them annually being repeat abortions. The only response we see happening in or government is a clamp down on those who peacefully offer alternatives to pregnant women.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">After being found \u201cnot guilty\u201d once already, Vaughan-Spruce is still awaiting news as to whether she will be charged for a second time for praying about abortion inside her head within a PSPO \u201cbuffer zone\u201d in Birmingham. ADF UK are supporting her legal defence.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Father Sean Gough, who also faced criminal charges for praying in a censorial \u201cbuffer zone\u201d including for a small \u201cunborn lives matter\u201d bumper sticker attached to his car, joined the march, holding up a drawing of the buffer sticker (image below). He was cleared of all charges earlier this year, also with support from ADF UK. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Organisers of the March for Life have already signalled plans for the 10<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Anniversary of the event next year, hoping to gather over 10,000 people to raise their voices in support of mothers and unborn babies.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>7,000 march through central London in support of \u201cbetter options than abortion\u201d for women &#038; unborn babies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":22864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[736],"tags":[899,898],"class_list":["post-21132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-free-speech-en-gb","tag-uk-en-gb"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - 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