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Sat 05 May 2008Church leaders urge MPs not to extend abortion laws to
NI
THE LEADERS of the main Christian churches have written to all Westminster MPs urging them not to extend British abortion legislation to Northern Ireland.
Catholic primate Cardinal Seán Brady, Methodist president the Rev Roy Cooper, Presbyterian moderator Dr John Finlay and Church of Ireland primate Archbishop Alan Harper said abortion legislation should be decided by the Northern Ireland Assembly, where there was a large anti-abortion majority, rather than by Westminster.
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