I’m a pro-life Christian. Who should I vote for?
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Tim Lewis2024-06-14T09:54:00
Tim Lewis looks at what each of the parties believe about abortion, and suggests how Christians can best use their vote
The day after Rishi Sunak dropped his election bombshell the ONS released the latest abortion figures for England and Wales.
Largely ignored by the media, these devastating statistics deserve closer analysis. The data show a massive increase in both the number and percentage of abortions. For every 10 unborn children, three were killed in the womb. 252,122 lives claimed by abortion is an astonishing figure. More than the population of Southampton.
Some Christians balk at the idea of voting based on a single issue, although there is rarely the same hesitation when it comes to other topics such as climate change or the economy. Yet it is difficult to deny that deliberately ending the lives of hundreds of thousands of precious image-bearers every year is voteworthy. So who should pro-life Christians vote for at the coming election? What are the options?
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