Sign petition against forced abortion

Jun 23, 2019 by

from Caroline Farrow, CitizenGo:

As you may have read in the media, the High Court has ordered that a mother with learning disabilities who is 22 weeks pregnant must have an abortion against her will.

As happened in the cases of Charlie Gard and Alfie Evans, the court has applied the highly subjective ‘best interests’ test and ruled that it is better for the mother to be forced to endure a late-stage abortion because she is deemed incapable of looking after the baby.

The pregnant woman’s mother,  has offered to care for the child when they are born and argued that her daughter’s doctors have ‘underestimated her ability and understanding’.

Sign here: http://www.citizengo.org/en-gb/lf/171591-british-judge-orders-mother-have-abortion-against-her-will

The decision to abort the 22 week old baby does not appear to be based upon any substantive medical  evidence but a subjective judgement that the woman will suffer less if her baby is aborted instead of being adopted. Not once does the judgement mention that the life of an unborn child is at stake. A baby who the mother will have already felt moving inside her and one who could possibly even survive if she or he were to be delivered now. If the baby was to be born in a week’s time then she or he would have a 70% chance of survival. 

The woman’s lawyers argued in court that there was ‘no proper evidence’ that having the abortion would in any way be beneficial to the mother and that the evidence was premised on ‘a narrow clinical view.’ 

Sign here: http://www.citizengo.org/en-gb/lf/171591-british-judge-orders-mother-have-abortion-against-her-will

The judge Mrs Nathalie Lieven, said that her role was act on the best interests of the woman and not society’s views on abortion, but it is clear that the judge ought to have recused herself as she has a history of promoting abortion.  In 2011 Mrs Lieven represented BPAS, the UK’s largest abortion provider which makes over £30 million a year from abortions, in a case where she argued that women ought to be allowed to take the abortion pill at home rather than under medical supervision. Just 2 years ago in 2017, Mrs Lieven argued that Northern Ireland’s abortion laws amounted to ‘torture’ and were ‘discriminatory’.

This is a horrific case of state overreach where the state has ruled that a woman’s wishes about her pregnancy do not count and that a baby would be better off dead if their mother is unable to care for them. It sets a precedent that if a mother is deemed as being unable to consent to her pregnancy or care for her child, then abortion is the default option. The state should not be able to force anyone to abort their baby. 

Sign here: http://www.citizengo.org/en-gb/lf/171591-british-judge-orders-mother-have-abortion-against-her-will

There is no time to waste – this family’s options are extremely limited and no doubt the authorities will be keen to proceed with the termination right away. We do not know the mother’s name , her NHS trust, or her MP so this petition Right to Life has been set up a petition asking the Health Secretary to urgently reconsider this despicable decision which much be opposed. It is imperative that as many people as possible sign this petition now because we don’t know how much time the mother and her baby have left.

Sincerely,

Caroline Farrow and the entire CitizenGO team

PS Your signature could really make a difference.

PPS The full story can be read here. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/uk-court-orders-forced-abortion-for-disabled-woman-34728

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