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Too many abortions: Lord Steel
The Guardian ^

Posted on 10/24/2007 5:23:03 AM PDT by UKrepublican

Too many abortions: Lord Steel

Lord Steel, architect of the 1967 Abortion Act, says today that abortion is being used as a form of contraception in Britain and admits he never anticipated "anything like" the current number of terminations when leading the campaign for reform. The Liberal Democrat peer, whose bill legalising abortion in certain circumstances marks its 40th anniversary on Saturday, says an "irresponsible" mood has emerged in which women feel they can turn to abortion "if things go wrong".

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: abortion; uk
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1 posted on 10/24/2007 5:23:04 AM PDT by UKrepublican
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PING

At last the abortion laws here are being looked at - there are a few good souls fighting the pro life corner, but it seems highly likely nothing will change which is a crime IMO.


2 posted on 10/24/2007 5:24:14 AM PDT by UKrepublican
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To: UKrepublican

Why the surprise. They legalize murder and then are stunned when people don’t approach it with a sullen mood. Fools.


3 posted on 10/24/2007 5:24:52 AM PDT by SampleMan (Islamic tolerance is practiced by killing you last.)
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To: UKrepublican

Things WILL change in time, because the liberal base will eventually wither and die because they’ve aborted their future torch bearers.


4 posted on 10/24/2007 5:33:04 AM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: UKrepublican

He must have been Satanically possessed; no god-damned fool could possibly have imagined anything other than the situation we have now.


5 posted on 10/24/2007 5:36:34 AM PDT by dangus
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To: UKrepublican

The damned fool, and I mean that literally, has an answer though: more Catholic bashing, more feminazi solutions, more of the same.


6 posted on 10/24/2007 5:39:41 AM PDT by dangus
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"...abortion is being used as a form of contraception in Britain and admits he never anticipated "anything like" the current number of terminations when leading the campaign for reform."

Scrub harder, Lord Steel. You've a lot more bloodstains on those hands to wash away.

7 posted on 10/24/2007 6:00:13 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll. "What happens if neutrinos have mass?")
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To: Nathan Zachary

As long as the idea persists that Abortion is no big deal, that life isn’t being destroyed, nothing will change.

People are just like that.


8 posted on 10/24/2007 6:01:06 AM PDT by padre35 (Conservative in Exile/ No more miller brewing products, pass it on....)
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To: UKrepublican
I wonder on what basis Lord Steel objects to the current situation?

Because it costs more than contraceptives? Because it looks bad?

9 posted on 10/24/2007 8:06:04 AM PDT by Salman
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To: UKrepublican

In my opinion, you are not alive until you take your first breath of air.


10 posted on 10/25/2007 11:16:10 AM PDT by copperisme (With the light of day later comes the darkness of night.)
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Pro-Life PING

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11 posted on 10/25/2007 2:25:32 PM PDT by cpforlife.org (A Catholic Respect Life Curriculum is available at KnightsForLife.org)
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To: theDentist

Typical left wing thinking (or lack of thinking, in this case). They see an “injustice”, they campaign against it, appealing to the emotions principally. They never think through what the unintentioned consequences of their “do-gooding” might result in. As the old proverb goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

David Steel is a good man and a canny politician. In fact the only real thing wrong with him is that he has an unrealistic, overoptimistic and distorted idea of Human nature. Unfortunately, that is a flaw more than sufficient to do horrid emotional, social and physical damage.


12 posted on 10/26/2007 4:58:08 AM PDT by Vanders9
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To: copperisme

ooh...are you gonna get it! :)


13 posted on 10/26/2007 4:59:47 AM PDT by Vanders9
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