A BBC documentary called ‘Young, British and Anti-Abortion’ was released this week, exploring the growing pro-life movement in the UK. The documentary maker, Poppy Jay, is quite staunchly pro-abortion, which shows in some of the editing. However, in a pre-release interview she admitted that these passionate pro-lifers “did open up my eyes to a lot and they did challenge my own thoughts”. She said their arguments made her question “what makes a human ‘human’: what characteristics; is it when it looks human; is it when it can feel something; is it when it can form memories or live outside of the mother?” James Ascott, a young Christian who has visited Trinity Grace in the past and is an active anti-abortion advocate, was featured in the documentary. He said: “[the] right to life should happen because it’s a human. It’s at a different stage of development to a teenager – [that] doesn’t mean that we have the right to kill a fetus because it cannot walk, because it cannot talk. I say a 10-week-old baby should have equal protection, equal rights as myself. I believe both of us shouldn’t be killed if we’re innocent.”
