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A petition launched by the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) is asking upon the Health Secretary to deal with coercive abortion.
The petition calls coerced abortions “an typically unrecognised type of home abuse”.
The pro-life group highlights the case of a 16-year-old sufferer named solely as Hayley who was pressured into an abortion by her boyfriend and household.
The petition asks the Health Secretary to urgently fee analysis into the world of abortion coercion, and “in so doing recognise coerced abortion as a precedence for well being and social coverage shifting ahead”.
It has been launched after a current BBC ballot discovered that 15 per cent of British girls had skilled strain or coercion to have an abortion that they didn’t need.
SPUC stated the information was “stunning” and demonstrated that “coercion in abortion selections is an pressing and instant menace to girls’s well being and wellbeing”.
Alithea Williams, Public Policy Manager, stated, “Ever because the Roe v Wade verdict was handed down, a girl’s proper to decide on has been a scorching matter of dialog.
“However, one thing that many pro-abortion advocates aren’t prepared to speak about is that for a lot of girls, abortion is not a selection in any respect.”
