By Steve Watson via Modernity.news<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The unelected House of Lords in the UK has just voted to embed extreme abortion provisions into law, decriminalising terminations right up to birth. This comes despite clear polling evidence that only 1% of the British public supports the move, exposing a ruling class utterly detached from the people it claims to serve.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The change forms part of Clause 208 in the Crime and Policing Bill. It removes criminal liability for a woman acting in relation to her own pregnancy at any stage, meaning self-induced abortions \u2014 even late-term \u2014 carry no legal consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The disconnect could not be starker. As GB News reported: \u201cJust 1% of the public agree with this\u2026 and yet it has now made it into law.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘Just 1% of the public agree with this… and yet it has now made it into law.’@miriam_cates<\/a> and @toryboypierce<\/a> rail against peers in the House of Lords backing abortions up until birth. pic.twitter.com\/C2ZG1fwlXP<\/a> \u2014 GB News (@GBNEWS) March 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Former MEP Annunziata Rees-Mogg reacted on the same programme: \u201cThis is basically allowing for backstreet abortions to be legalised.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr Rahmeh Aladwan was equally blunt: \u201cThe UK House of Lords has just legalised abortion up to birth. Women can now end the life of their unborn baby at any stage, for any reason, without legal consequences. A truly dark day for Britain.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n The UK House of Lords has just legalised abortion up to birth. The 1% figure comes from recent YouGov research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A Whitestone Insight poll showed 67% of the British public agreed that legal boundaries are necessary for protecting life in abortion cases, 62% believed abortion should remain illegal after 24 weeks, 53% agreed that abortion should not be an option if a baby could survive outside the womb, and only 5% supported allowing abortion up to birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abortion up to birth has been legalised, an unspeakable evil. A YouGov poll found only 1% support. At 34 weeks, a baby is fully formed and can survive outside of the womb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is what a 34-week-old baby looks like outside the womb. Aborting a baby at 34 weeks is widely accepted as murder. Hospitals across Britain fight with every resource to save premature infants at this exact stage. Yet the law now removes any criminal consequence for ending that same life just days or hours earlier. The double standard is grotesque.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Peers rejected amendments to retain criminal penalties, clearing the path despite warnings from medical professionals and pro-life groups. The bill had already cleared the Commons in a rushed process critics slammed as hijacking unrelated legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This vote marks another victory for an out-of-touch establishment that prioritises ideology over the clear voice of the British people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Britain deserves leaders who value life at every stage \u2014 not ones who normalise its destruction in the days before birth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The chief takeaway is that the UK government would like to snuff you out before you are born. I wouldn’t be surprised if they extend it out a couple more weeks. And just look at what the King is doing in Canada with MAiD, snuffing out over 5% of the population each year because they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16372"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16374,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16372\/revisions\/16374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.zerohedge.com%2Fs3fs-public%2Finline-images%2FLords_mod.jpg&w=1920&q=75\")
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Women can now end the life of their unborn baby at any stage, for any reason, without legal consequences.
A truly dark day for Britain. pic.twitter.com\/4gDijTVURX<\/a> \u2014 Dr Rahmeh Aladwan (@doctor_rahmeh) March 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n
A Whitestone Insight poll:
67% of the British public agreed that legal boundaries are necessary for protecting life in abortion cases
62% believed that abortion should remain\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/SAZwTtdtgK<\/a> \u2014 David Atherton (@DaveAtherton20) March 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n
in the UK, we\u2019ve just moved towards allowing that same life to be ended at this stage.
We celebrate premature babies fighting to live\u2026 but accept ending that same life before birth?
This is Murder, pure and simple! pic.twitter.com\/5TAqhQgDLz<\/a> \u2014 Benonwine (@benonwine) March 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n