Armagh, Northern Ireland, Oct 9, 2019 / 01:51 am
Health professionals in Northern Ireland are writing to the region's secretary to protest a liberalization of the region's abortion laws, which the UK parliament is set to impose on Northern Ireland this month unless Northern Ireland's parliament reconvenes.
According to the Impartial Reporter, over 800 health professionals in Northern Ireland have written to the Secretary of State expressing concern and opposition to the potential legal change.
"As a Christian my faith in God also plays a major part of my belief in the sanctity of life," a midwife from County Fermanagh told the Impartial Reporter.
"[God's] word says we are 'fearfully and wonderfully made' and it is my personal conviction that the miracle of life is given by God. But I want to make the point that many midwives who are part of the 'Midwives for Both Lives' Facebook group are of non-faith backgrounds and still they believe in protecting the life of the unborn child," she said.