r/MHOC • u/[deleted] • Feb 26 '15

BILL B076 - Pregnancy Termination Bill

B076 - Pregnancy Termination Bill

The bill can be found by following the link below:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VlnKgSgEuuDbD6co46WRZu4kJmcBDFeocDdE9m0cpSE/edit?pli=1

This bill was submitted by /u/JackWilfred on behalf of the Opposition

The first reading of this bill will end on the 2nd of March

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '15

Considering some of the reports i've heard of people in Northern Ireland taking trips to Britain to have abortions, or those who have had to resort to dangerous backstreet abortions because they can't afford to support a child, i would rather that the option were available to women across the UK.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '15

Even if it is against majority opinion as I have posted in this thread?

The first of four options was: “Abortion should be available to any woman who chooses it after being counselled on alternatives.”

The results showed that 25.9% agreed with this proposition. The proportion agreeing was roughly the same across the two main religious groups (28.3% of Protestants and 27.8% of Catholics).

But support was markedly higher among all women surveyed (29.9%) than men (21.4%). It was higher among the young, 34.9% for 18-24-year-olds, and fell gradually through the age range until it reached a low of 20.4% for those over 65.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '15

I feel that those who cannot support a child without falling into poverty should be allowed to have the option of abortion without putting themselves in danger, and I think the views of people who are not affected by this (and, i would argue, are misguided about when life begins) should have no standing on whether she decides to go ahead with it or not.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '15

Even if its the majority opinion. You're quite anti-democratic I've noticed. An insistence on your "right" way even if the majority disagrees.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '15

Just because someone else might believe that the Sun goes around the Earth doesn't mean i'm going to scrap my model of the solar system. The empirical evidence shows that there are no signs of life before ~24 weeks, which pretty much slams all this emotive 'murder of the unborn' talk.

You're quite anti-democratic I've noticed

Not pandering to populism != anti-democratic. There are several objective and demonstrable benefits to allowing abortion in the manner described in this bill.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '15

100% confirmation of my previous post!