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(Right to Life UK<\/a>) A mum from Northern Ireland has said she was \u201cglad that abortion was illegal\u201d when she became unexpectedly pregnant in 2016.<\/p>\n

Abortion was introduced into Northern Ireland by MPs in Westminster in 2019. But when Yvonne Morgan found out that she was pregnant in July 2016, abortion was still illegal.<\/p>\n

After her divorce, Yvonne was left sharing a bedroom with her two young sons in her mother\u2019s house. She had scheduled a sterilisation to avoid having any further children.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had decided that I didn\u2019t want any more children,\u201d she\u00a0said<\/a>. \u201cThen on the morning of the operation I found out I was pregnant. I nearly had a heart attack. The operation had to be cancelled.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI was thinking: \u2018How am I going to house my children let alone bring another baby into my mother\u2019s house, into my brother\u2019s bedroom, with me and my children sharing a bed?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt scared the living daylights out of me.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cI didn\u2019t know what I was going to do so I panicked and that\u2019s why I thought: \u2018I need an abortion; I can\u2019t cope with this; I don\u2019t even have a roof over my head\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite her initial fear, Yvonne was able to find support from the pro-life group Precious Life who were able to offer her the reassurance she needed.<\/p>\n

She later gave birth to twin girls Eden and Erin.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am so glad that the laws were still in place when I had my crisis moment, my unplanned pregnancy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am thankful there were no abortion clinics here because the state I was in I would have been inside one.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not judging anyone in that situation. I know how panicked I was whenever I got pregnant with my wee girls.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy wee girls are a blessing. It\u2019s hard work being a single mummy to four wee children but I thank God for them. They\u2019ve brought so much joy, not just to my life but my whole family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Abortion in Northern Ireland<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the last eighteen months, Northern Ireland has witnessed dramatic changes to its abortion law. Despite widespread public and political opposition in Northern Ireland, MPs in Westminster voted to\u00a0impose<\/a>\u00a0abortion on the region in the absence of a functioning Executive after the collapse of the Northern Irish Assembly\u2019s power-sharing coalition in\u00a0January 2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0What the media never tells you about abortion injuries<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

In the year since new abortion regulations were introduced in March 2020, there have been 1,345 abortions in the region. At the same time, the Severe Fetal Impairment Abortion (Amendment) Bill\u00a0passed its second stage<\/a>\u00a0at the Northern Ireland Assembly by 48 votes to 12.<\/p>\n

The Bill proposes removing the current grounds in the abortion regulations that were imposed on Northern Ireland by the British Government in 2020, which allow abortion for babies with disabilities including Down\u2019s syndrome, cleft lip, and club foot. The Bill has received widespread popular support with over 28,000 people signing a petition calling on political leaders in Northern Ireland to vote for the Severe Fetal Impairment Abortion (Amendment) Bill.<\/p>\n

Right To Life UK spokesperson, Catherine Robinson, said: \u201cStories like Yvonne\u2019s are another reason to have strong legal protections for unborn babies. By her own admission, she was frightened and would likely have had an abortion had it been legal at the time. Fortunately, it was not.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is estimated that\u00a0100,000<\/a>\u00a0people are alive in Northern Ireland today who would not have been had abortion been available as it was in the rest of the UK. This figure was\u00a0confirmed<\/a>\u00a0by the Advertising Standards Authority in 2017. Baby Eden and baby Erin can be added to\u00a0 those 100,000 people who are alive because abortion was illegal in Northern Ireland.\u201d<\/p>\n

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published<\/a> at Right to Life UK and is reprinted here with permission.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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