Hallelujah - But Please Keep Praying.

Dear Friends, I wanted to quickly share some brilliant news with you. This afternoon, the Speaker of the House announced that amendment NC 29, the abortion amendment that would have introduced abortion for any reason up to 28 weeks, would not be selected for debate. A couple of minutes ago, Diana Johnson MP announced that she would be withdrawing amendment NC 28 which would have allowed both medical and surgical abortions to take place in any location if a woman is in an abusive relationship. This is a great victory. It appears that the abortion lobby realised that it was very likely that Diana Johnson’s amendment was going to be defeated in a vote this evening and encouraged her to instead withdraw the amendment. To put in perspective how embarrassing a defeat on this amendment would have been for the abortion lobby, if she had taken the amendment through to a vote and lost, this would have been the first time that a pro-abortion amendment or Bill had been defeated in a vote in UK history. THANK YOU Thank you to the thousands of people that rallied over the weekend to get friends and family to email their MPs. MPs received more emails ahead of this vote than they have ever received ahead of an abortion vote. Thank you also to our supporters who have given so generously to enable us to have the resources in place to run a very large campaign against these amendments. We have spent the last 18 months preparing for this battle. This project has included building a large network of relationships with active pro-life MPs in Parliament. This helped to ensure that there was a very strong case made to the Speaker from this network of pro-life MPs to identify the most extreme abortion amendment as out of scope, and to help mobilise MPs across Parliament against the remaining abortion amendment. Alongside this, we have worked to place a large number of positive pro-life articles in the mainstream media to provide the right momentum in the public eye for our side over this period. The final key component has been building a very large base of grassroots supporters in every constituency in the country. This meant that when we asked people like you to email their MPs last week, it became crystal clear that a large number of people in their constituencies did not want these extreme changes. None of this would have been in place in order to help achieve this amazing victory without your generous financial support. Thank you. SADLY, THIS IS NOT THE END Unfortunately, this is not the end. The Government has announced that it will be undertaking a review of the current temporary measure that allows ‘DIY’ abortions at home. The abortion lobby is going to put signifcant pressure during the consultation process to try and make the ‘DIY’ home abortion arrangement permanent, so we’ll need to be ready to ensure that there is a strong response from the public to call for the end of the ‘DIY’ home abortion measures as soon as possible. In the meantime, thank you again for all your help on achieving this significant victory – and make sure you celebrate tonight! Many thanks, Catherine Robinson Right To Life UK

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