Men Only: Stormont ‘all party’ Pro Life group revealed
The Firemen on August 21, 2014, 12:22 am | Readers 2654
Social media was ablaze last night with the news of an ‘all party’ ALL MALE ‘Pro-Life’ group at Stormont.
Chaired by the SDLP’s Pat Ramsey, the group also includes Jim Wells (DUP), Jonathan Craig (DUP), Alban Maginness (SDLP), Mervyn Storey (DUP), Jim Allister (TUV), Mark H Durkan (SDLP), David McIlveen (DUP), Kieran McCarthy (Alliance) and Danny Kennedy (UUP).
Despite having no female representation the group give their main point of contact as Bernie Smyth, currently involved in a court case in which she is accused of harassing Marie Stopes clinic director and former PUP leader, Dawn Purvis.
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