May I assure the coalition they need not worry about help and protection for every person. At present, as it has always been, every person – mother and child – is helped and protected by our top obstetricians, social services and voluntary organisations like Pro Life. For those who believe in God, abortion is going against His Fifth Commandment: “Thou shalt not kill.”

As the aborted babies cannot defend themselves, it is up to us who have not been aborted to defend their right to life.