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I think abortion should be illegal.
“You shall not murder.”—Exodus 20:13
See also http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/TopicIndex/47_Abortion/673/
The only exception I could possibly accept would be if the mother’s life is genuinely in danger (e.g. Ectopic Pregnancy), and at an age before the foetus could possibly survive outside the womb - meaning the foetus will not survive either if the pregnancy continues and the woman dies, or if the pregnancy was ended by Caesarean section. In this case, I think abortion is permissable, because the intention would be to save the woman’s life.
Sadly no major political party in Britain takes a pro-life position, or comes anywhere near close to campaigning for the 1967 Abortion Act to be repealed. If the limit on abortion was reduced to 20 weeks, this would be small progress, but it would still allow about 200,000 abortions every year.
However, I think breaking down votes in Parliament this week by political party is interesting.
“...92% of Conservative MPs backed Iain Duncan Smith’s call for fatherhood to be recognised when decisions about fertility treatment are being made. 82% of Labour MPs were opposed to such a recognition.
A very similar divide was clear when it came to the unsuccessful attempt to reduce the time limit for abortion. 83% of Tory MPs favoured a lower limit and 80% of Labour MPs opposed it. Tory MP after Tory MP gave speeches last night in favour of increased protection for the unborn child....”—http://conservativehome.blogs.com/torydiary/2008/05/83-of-conservat.html
It seems to me that the only way for there to be any progress on restriction access to abortion, however small, we need the Conservative Party to win the next general election with a clear majority.
Of course, charities such as churches would have to be very careful about saying something like that.
http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/publications/cc9.asp
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