Abortion in the Six Counties

Abortion in the six counties

On listening to the radio I heard Geoffrey Donaldson and Dianne Abbot debate Dianne’s intention that the 1967 Abortion Act and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology 1990 Act be amended so that abortion on demand and for social expediency be made available in the six counties. I was pleased to hear that Geoffrey was opposed to such an amendment because such legislation was not acceptable to the political parties or to the four main churches. Mr Donaldson pointed out that such legislation was an imposition on the people of the six counties.

Secularist Federal Unionist – Early Sinn Fein sees the introduction of abortion in the six counties as an imposition coming from a central Westminster, but the objection by Federal Unionism – Early Sinn Fein runs much deeper than that. The imposition of abortion on the people of the six counties is a spin off of a much deeper problem which is the imposition by the military of an unwritten undemocratic constitution on those in the six counties who don’t want it. That is how U.K. constitution works. Mr Donaldson is right to oppose the imposition he objects to but is heedless to the plight of those who have to live under a military imposed unwritten undemocratic constitution they object to. What is needed is a reformed U.K. constitution, which is acceptable to all in the same way, as the six counties need abortion legislation that is acceptable to all c.f. THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND ACT Article 4 Page 201.

In another article in this Blog titled Here’s to you, Mrs Robinson---, a definition of secularism is given taken from the Internet. This definition of secularism is fine and dandy and is the definition of secularism acceptable to Federal unionism - Early Sinn Fein. It agrees that state laws should be derived from reason and should be based on
evidence and fact. Laws should be humane and be enacted for the good of the state the community and of the individual. Since the introduction of the 1967 Abortion Act six million potential individuals have been refused the right to exist. Such a shameful statistic condemns those false prophets of secularism who support abortion on demand and for social expediency. Those who are genuinely secularist in outlook see those who support abortion on demand and for social expediency as, inhumane, cruel and criminal.

Dianne Abbot was raised under an unwritten undemocratic U.K. constitution and is surrounded by those who unthinkingly accept such a constitution so the lady is free to impose Dianne Abbot law on those parts of the U.K. who don’t want it. In this way abortion is being dragged in by the undemocratic back door of The U.K. into the six counties and imposed. Federal Unionism – Early Sinn Fein urges the lady to come clean and wise up and introduce abortion by the democratic front door. To do that the lady should leave Hackney North and settle in Belfast. In Belfast she should set up the six County Abortion Party. If Dianne prefers to be politically correct she may call it the N. Ireland Abortion Party. Whatever! She should go forward on a ticket of abortion on demand and for social expediency and when Dianne’s party returns a majority to the assembly the abortion party can introduce acceptable abortion legislation in the six counties, which is a humane solution to the difficult human problem of an unwanted pregnancy. If that were done that would be legislation introduced through the democratic front door, not through the undemocratic back door of an unwritten militarily imposed U.K. constitution that is objected to by a significant section of the six county population.

Michael Gillespie Federal Unionist – Early Sinn Fein