Anti-Abortion Protestors Waylay Lord Steel

by Louise Hosie
PROTESTERS from the Scottish Reformation Movement converged outside the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland yesterday, to voice their opposition to abortion.

The General Assembly’s Lord High Commissioner, David Steel, was confronted by Pastor Jack Glass of Glasgow’s Zion Baptist Church, as he left the Assembly at lunchtime

It was former Scottish Parliament presiding officer, Lord Steel, who, as a Liberal MP, piloted the UK’s abortion legislation through Parliament in the 1960s.

Mr Glass said: “I saw David Steel, and asked him how he could live with himself after the bill he put through, which means innocent children are being put to death. He looked quite stunned and didn’t answer me. These children have a right, and we are standing up for that. They do not have a voice, but we do. We do not want to be bigoted or spread any hatred - we are just standing our ground.”

Around 50 people gathered outside the assembly, which is being held at The Mound in Edinburgh, displaying antiabortion banners and placards.

Mr Glass added: I have been coming to the assembly for the last 36 years to protest, and our voices have to be heard.

“Abortion is wrong, and John Knox, the pioneer of the Reformation movement, would be turning in his grave if he saw what was going on today.

“I just feel it is hypocritical that we do not believe in capital punishment - the death penalty but we believe in killing children.

“We just want to get the message across, and will continue coming here until that is achieved.”

Extract fromThe Press and Journal 21.5.03