Abortion Numbers Falling

Deo gratias. I heard on the radio this morning, but cannot find a web-link anywhere, that abortion rates in Birmingham have fallen this year. A spokeswoman from the Marie Stopes lot said this is indicative of improved reproductive education, in "quality and not just quantity". I couldn't agree more, and it is good that some of these people are acknowledging abortion as an undesirable outcome. She added that, apparently, young people have been playing "Russian roulette" by having unprotected sex (I assume she's talking about getting pregnant as somehow comparable to a bullet through the head).

Birmingham is fairly unique in that, when the Abortion Act of 1967 was passed, pressure from leading gynaecologists (including one who stated on television "Whatever the law says we will not murder little children in Birmingham") meant that, to this day, NHS establishments do NOT provide abortion in Birmingham. It has thus been the abortion factory of Calthorpe Clinic in Edgbaston (just near the Birmingham Oratory) which the NHS pays to provide women with their "reproductive rights". It seems obvious to me that this is an almost worse situation, since the advocates of abortion will have the monopoly in this clinic, and clearly offer very biased information to women in distress. For instance, I have come across many naive young girls who think that abortion is completely safe, and sadly come across fertility and gynaecological complications later on down the line. I'm sure the Calthorpe Clinic makes most of its money (up to £960) from private patients, and thus pitches itself particularly for overseas women who can fly in, have their baby killed, and then fly out again (sometimes all on the same day:

If you live abroad, it is possible to have an assessment and treatment on the same day. You will need to be at the Clinic by 0830 (8.30am). Some procedures (such as the early medical) currently require that you attend the Clinic again (between 6 hours - 3 days, whichever is most convenient) after taking the first tablet so you will have to stay in Birmingham overnight. We strongly recommend that women stay overnight after the second treatment before travelling home. If you are travelling back on the same day after treatment, we recommend that your return travel times are after 2000 (8pm) and that you have someone with you when you travel.

The Helpers of God's Precious Infants meet outside the Calthorpe Clinic every Saturday morning. Why? Monsignor Philip Reilly (founder of the international Pro-life organisation) put it thus:

…You are going there for the purpose of salvation. You are going there for the love of the mother. You are going there for the conversion of the mother. You are there for her salvation. For the conversion of the abortionist. You are going there with the mindset of John and Mary at the foot of the Cross. To be pro-life is to be with the mindset of Christ. It is to be a victim with Christ at Calvary.

With regards the Russian roulette of coming into this world, I hope the odds have started to get better for unborn babies in Birmingham.