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New UK Prime Minister as Bad for Unborn and Disabled as Blair

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The UK's Society for the Protection of Unborn Children has warned that newly appointed Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, is likely to be as bad a choice for Britain's unborn children and vulnerable persons as his predecessor, Tony Blair.

After serving from 1997 to 2007 as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Brown became Prime Minister on June 27 2007 when Tony Blair stepped down.

SPUC's political secretary Anthony Ozimic, points to Brown's consistently pro-abortion voting record. In one year alone, 1990, Brown voted 16 times in favor of the abortion lobby.

Ozimic notes that Brown voted that year "three times for abortion up to birth, including for disabled babies; twice for abortion demand in early pregnancy; once to extend the Abortion Act to Northern Ireland; once for selective feticide in multiple pregnancies; once to facilitate RU486; once to suppress information about abortions on disabled babies; and seven times for other pro-abortion positions."

"He also voted five times to promote destructive embryo experimentation," said Ozimic.

Brown has raised funds for the government's "Millennium Development Goals" that have replaced the funding for abortion, sterilization and "reproductive rights" in developing countries that were cut off by US president George Bush.

He has also supported the 2005 Mental Capacity Act that SPUC described as the legalization of "intentional killing" of the disabled. The law allows the denial of food and fluids from vulnerable patients, in order, said SPUC's national director John Smeaton, "to create demand for supposedly more humane deaths by lethal injection."

Brown has appointed several pro-abortion ministers to life-related portfolios in his new UK government, a move which SPUC warns will mean any attempt to reform the abortion law will lead to more abortions.

Ozimic reiterates a warning he first gave in September 2006, when SPUC warned that with such strong support from Brown, any attempt to review Britain's abortion laws would likely only end in a worse situation.

In light of the recently introduced Human Tissue and Embryos Bill, Ozimic said, should abortion be introduced into the debate, "the government will give at least tacit support to amendments to extend abortion provision."

"Pro-life parliamentarians should therefore not attempt to open up the abortion law on the floor of Parliament whilst a government-backed pro-abortion majority holds sway, lest there be a repeat of the 1990 defeat of the pro-life lobby," Ozimic said.

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    Gordon Brown has opposed a gambling casino being set up in North-West England.Someone in the media gave me a laugh by suggesting it was attributable to his religious upbringing.His late father was a Church Minister.He was part of a Government which extended licensing hours,on the grounds that,with the restricted hours,people were drinking too much too quickly.

    I suspect Gordon just goes for what he thinks is the popular option.Unfortunately,although these people want to go down in history as having brought about good radical change,they won't take the risk of holding anything remotely resembling a referendum.Like some more 

    intellectuals,he probably joined the Labour Party because he knew he wouldn't have a chance if he stood as a Liberal candidate.In a working-class constituency,he would have even less of a chance as a Conservative.In any case,not many years ago his ideas would not have been acceptable in the Conservative Party.Nowadays,the Labour Party has been moulded in the image of Labour Party people like Gordon Brown.Unfortunately,the Conservatives are so desperate to become electable that they have been wilting when it comes to family values.Recently,they have spoken of making tax changes to suit people who are married,as opposed to those who cohabit,if elected at the next Election.However,a few years ago,the previous Conservative Leader,the catholic Ian Duncan-Smith,received the resignation of at least one of his Shadow Cabinet because it was thought he was concentrating too much on pushing the family values message.

    I've been trying for years,without much success,to get people to realize that these political parties are not the same as the ones their grandparents voted for.

    I think the Church should be saying more about it.Back in the 1970's,we

    had the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders dispute.The Conservative Government

    was trying to close them down.The men organized not a strike,but a work-in.They were led by a couple of communists and defeated the Government.These communists became very popular.The Scottish Catholic Church was quick enough to step in then.Rightly,in my opinion,

    they told scottish catholics they must not vote communist.OK,it is more difficult to tell people not to vote for a democratic party.You would be tarring everyone in that party with the same brush.However,the Church

    should still be ensuring that people know that,like people one meets on the Internet,political people are not always who or what they say they are.Not everyone is politically aware.They vote for the Party their parents voted for and many of these candidates take full advantage of any apathy regarding how they stand on Catholic issues.Of course,they

    cry foul when voter apathy means either the candidate gets voted out,or his Party is no longer the Government. 

    I hope the Church is having one of its better days if Tony Blair does decide to become a catholic,considering his record on catholic issues.

    Remember too,his catholic wife,Cherie, has supported the rights of lesbians at European level in Brussels.

    Incidentally,David Steel,the Liberal who started off legal abortion in the UK in 1967 is the son of a presbyterian minister.Mind you,at the time there were only six Liberals MP's in Parliament.So,if the Labour and Conservative Parties hadn't wanted it,it would never have been passed.

    David had me squirming when someone asked him about partial birth abortion.He didn't seem to like it,but felt he shouln't be blamed for that. 

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