Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:
“I am shocked by the campaign going on at the present time to liberalise further the abortion laws in Northern Ireland so as to provide drugs for woman to take in their own homes during the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
“At a time when the focus should be on saving lives it is abhorrent and perverse that at today’s meeting of the Health Committee the Minister was repeatedly pressed on this issue. It is nothing short of outrageous that tomorrow the Executive will be devoting time to a paper on ending the lives of the unborn in homes when the public are being told to stay in their homes in order to preserve life.
“I trust there will be robust opposition to this proposal tomorrow at the Executive by the Health Minister and others round the table and that the focus will be on saving, not destroying, lives.”