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December 20, 2017 (SPUC) – Both Lives Matter, a pro-life group based in Northern Ireland, have won a UK-wide award for its campaigning work. The organisation won the Northern Ireland Public Affairs Campaign of the Year, for their ‘100,000’ billboard campaign, which referred to the 100,000 lives that have been saved because the 1967 Abortion Act was not extended to Northern Ireland. The honour was awarded at the annual Public Affairs Awards in London last week, which was presented by Vuelio and hosted by the Public Relations and Communications Association.
Brooking no opposition
Despite bpas themselves being nominated for its campaign to reduce the price of the morning-after pill, abortion providers were not happy that a pro-life group being included in the awards. Representatives from bpas, the FPA, and the Abortion Support Network, among others, wrote to the Director General of the PRCA, Francis Ingham, saying that by recognising Both Lives Matter’s campaign in a Public Affairs award, the association was “providing an endorsement for the denial of healthcare and human rights.”
The letter concluded with an intention to boycott the awards ceremony declaring, “bpas was delighted to have been shortlisted for our campaign to reduce the inflated
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