Chai Brady
Dawn Purvis Pro-life groups have decried a decision to appoint a former director of abortion provider Marie Stopes to the NI Equality Commission (NIEC), dubbing it a “conflict of interest”.
Dawn Purvis, who is also a former PUP leader, was one of nine new commission members appointed by Secretary of State Karen Bradley for the next three years.
According to Dawn McEvoy of Both Lives Matter questions must be asked about the possible role of the Equality Commission in future campaigning for increased access to abortion in NI.
“Pro-abortion activists here (and across these islands) are intent on the introduction of as permissive an abortion legislation as possible,” she told The Irish Catholic.
“Their position depends on a false assertion that there is an international human right to choose abortion, and that anything less than unrestricted abortion discriminates against women.”
Given NI’s current laws on abortion, she says, “it would be concerning to see either of those publicly-funded bodies engaging in abortion activism”.