MP Nadine Dorries, theologian Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith and author Matthew Sturgis speak at first Herald talks
Topic: Nadine Dorries
The battle on abortion should not be about incremental gains in Parliament
Pro-lifers should start by saying that abortion is intrinsically evil and fight on that principle
‘Pro-choice’ campaigners should look to China and think again
Francis Phillips wonders if pro-abortion activists have thought through the consequences of their views
Debate: Has the Dorries amendment helped the pro-life cause?
Or has it distracted attention from what’s important?
A Conservative MP wants to ‘untangle unions and religion’ by making it illegal to refuse gay unions in church. Impossible? Maybe not
Mr Cameron has already sold the pass over religious liberty
The Dorries amendment was flawed from the start. We can’t let it split the pro-life movement
It would be a major victory for the devil if yesterday’s vote were to turn pro-lifers against each other
MPs reject Dorries plan to restrict abortion counselling
Amendment that would prevent abortion providers offering counselling is defeated by a majority of 250
The lessons of Nadine Dorries’s bungled attempt to reform abortion rules
The episode has exposed the cowardice of the Coalition Government















I could not accept a reduction in the abortion limit if it excluded the disabled
Nadine Dorries would like to reduce the abortion limit to 20 weeks, yet as the mother of a Down’s syndrome daughter I could not support her proposal