So, what does she believe - or does it depend who she’s speaking to?
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Replying to @butwhatifitsall @marcusbarnett_
She states she’s pro-choice and votes for it. She mentions her personal opinion and faith, but is monstered for it. Appalling stuff.
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Replying to @DawnHFoster @marcusbarnett_
Monstered is a strong word. As far as I know there have been no votes on abortion since RBL became an MP. She voted against assisted dying. If she said what she did to an audience of Catholic priests it does raise issues about her views on abortion. That’s fair comment.
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Replying to @butwhatifitsall @marcusbarnett_
She reiterated Labour policy and stated her unease about differing time limits for disabled and non-disabled children, concurring with the secular Disability Rights Commission. I’m disabled and against euthanasia as are many disabled people. It’s not controversial.
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Replying to @DawnHFoster @marcusbarnett_
That’s not euthanasia - a very specific and loaded term associated with eugenics- it’s if there is a substantial risk that if the child were born, it would "suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities as to be seriously handicapped" & is an issue of women’s choice
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Replying to @butwhatifitsall @marcusbarnett_
Yeah, when I said euthanasia, I meant euthanasia, hence saying euthanasia.
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Replying to @DawnHFoster @marcusbarnett_
Euthanasia actually means the killing of a (already born) person as opposed to a foetus.
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Which I don’t support, obviously.
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Replying to @butwhatifitsall @marcusbarnett_
I know, as I said repeatedly. But many people are uncomfortable with the differentian of term limits between disabled and non-disabled people because AS I SAID it implies a difference in values in our lives.
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Replying to @DawnHFoster @marcusbarnett_
Doesn’t it sometimes mean a sensible decision to spare someone - not yet born - a life of suffering? Isn’t it a matter of degree and judgement? It’s not as simple as you make out.
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I’m not making it out to be simple, and at no point have. I’m saying, as the Disability Rights Commission do, that it is very complicated and fraught.
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Replying to @DawnHFoster @marcusbarnett_
So not amenable to simplistic hard and fast rules, then?
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