The influential Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee released a report in April which is highly critical of the UK Government’s approach to imposing abortion on Northern Ireland.
The Committee highlighted a number of concerns with the new regulations.
Firstly, the consultation period was too short, and too close to the General Election and to Christmas ‘which [doesn’t] conform with best practice.’ There also wasn’t enough time allocated to scrutinise the Bill.
The case of David Campanale: 'Neither liberal nor democratic'
It was Lord David Alton, a committed Catholic Peer and pro-life legend, who described what he called a "mutant liberalism" …