tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881811987987045711.post710013358394257591..comments2024-03-23T18:12:43.833+00:00Comments on Once I Was A Clever Boy: Royal AssentOnce I Was A Clever Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01367322665145704342noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881811987987045711.post-58698746745890924952010-09-22T13:13:09.873+01:002010-09-22T13:13:09.873+01:00Well, the Lord Bishop of Exeter claimed to speak f...Well, the Lord Bishop of Exeter claimed to speak for the bench when he said:<br /><br /><i>our attitude is that we support the principle which underlies the first clause in this Bill, which would legitimatise abortion where the interests of the mother vitally require it. Where there is a grave threat to her life, to her physical health or to her mental health, we maintain that abortion may be legitimate.</i><br /><br />[<a href="http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1965/nov/30/abortion-bill-hl#S5LV0270P0_19651130_HOL_62" rel="nofollow">SOURCE</a>]<br /><br />The best opposition came from Roman Catholic laymen like Lord Craigmyle. The Lords Spiritual were as useless then as they are now, blessing the abominable and contributing to the ruin of their nation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881811987987045711.post-11029173216380055192010-09-14T17:40:46.835+01:002010-09-14T17:40:46.835+01:00her Archbishop of Canterbury and many of the bisho...<i>her Archbishop of Canterbury and many of the bishops had voted for the legislation</i><br /><br />This assertion about Ramsey crops up now and again, sometimes coming from liberals appealing to his alleged example for support, sometimes adduced by conservative critics as evidence that Ramsey was a liberal.<br /><br />But it is a canard. Although not initially opposed to some change in abortion law, Ramsey did not vote in favour of the 1967 Act.<br /><br />As for other bishops, I've never been able to find the details of which ones voted for the Act. It seems well established that some did, but many is probably an overstatementSir Watkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02000106556898498656noreply@blogger.com