A majority of people in the North do not support forthcoming Westminster abortion changes, according to a survey.
The poll conducted by Belfast research group LucidTalk examined 1,424 responses, weighted to represent Northern Ireland society, to a survey conducted over three days at the end of September.
The survey asked those participating: `Do you support the changes voted for at Westminster that will impose a new abortion regime in Northern Ireland?’
It found that 57 per cent of respondents said they oppose a change to the law, due to come into effect on October 21, which will introduce an even more liberal abortion regime than exists in Britain where there is one abortion for every four live births.
Dawn McAvoy, a spokeswoman for the Both Lives Matter campaign, said the message in Northern Ireland “could not be clearer”.
“The majority of people of Northern Ireland do not want these changes, no Northern Ireland MP voted in favour of the abortion amendment proposing these changes and the majority of councils in Northern Ireland have now voted against these changes,” she said.
“As the 21st October approaches, the public is realising just how bad the law imposed by Westminster is. Northern Ireland will be left without proper regulation for months putting mothers and unborn babies at risk – it is bad for both”.
