[Ann Winterton in the Chair] — Abortion Law (Northern Ireland)

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 10:23 am on 15 July 2009.

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Photo of Mark Durkan Mark Durkan Leader of the Social Democratic & Labour Party 10:23, 15 July 2009

My hon. Friend said that Northern Ireland is more socially liberal. She offered as evidence gay pride marches and so on. Does she appreciate that many of us are on what she would regard as the socially liberal side of those arguments, and that we have stood up for gay pride and participated in such events? Abortion, however, is different. It is not about the individual's sexual or other rights; it affects the rights of an innocent third party, namely the child.