On 29 April, the Crime and Policing Bill – containing the clause decriminalising abortion – received Royal Assent and passed into law. The provisions of the decriminalisation clause came into effect immediately. This is a devastating outcome. Unborn babies have been stripped of nearly all legal protection. There is now no law under which a woman can be prosecuted for aborting her own baby, at whatever gestation, for whatever reason. Self-induced abortion is now legal up to birth.

We failed to prevent this becoming law. But just because one battle is lost, the war is not. As Catholics, it is our duty to fight harder than ever to build a true culture of life, where unborn babies and their mothers are protected. Will you join the fight?

Visit the SPUC website. Alternatively, pick up a card at the back of the church, fill it in and post it to SPUC (Society for the Protection of Unborn Children). You may also give the completed card to Fr Antonio who will post for you.