Judge in abortion case is part of religious group Sir Jeremy has represented the group at conferences and next month he is due to give a lecture at Swansea University on the relationship between faith and the law entitled "Judge Not" - a reference to Jesus's warning "judge not lest ye be judged." Highly respected, there is no suggestion that his personal beliefs had any bearing on his decision in the Catt case. But some secular campaigners have voiced unease about the group's aims. Keith Porteous Wood, executive director of the National Secular Society, said: "As long as judges apply the law equally to everyone, it does not matter what their religious persuasion is, if any. But literally 'applying God's justice on the ground' - one of LCF's principles - implies putting religious principles above democratically agreed, human rights-compliant law. That is wrong whether the religion in question is Christian, or Islamic. Last night the fellowship insisted that there was no question of a conflict between membership of the group and judicial office. A statement in response to media inquiries said: "The only membership requirement for the Lawyers' Christian Fellowship is agreement with its broad basis of faith. On issues outside the basis of faith members may, but do not necessarily, have the same views as the leadership of the organisation. There is no conflict between membership of the LCF and judicial office. Sir Jeremy's comments on the culture of abortion on demand attracted comment in some quarters. He told Catt that there was no mitigation available to her under the 1967 Abortion Act, which allows pregnancies to be terminated up to 24 weeks providing two doctors agree that the physical or mental health of a pregnant woman is in jeopardy. He went on to add: "Whatever view one takes of its provisions which are, wrongly, liberally construed in practice so as to make abortion available essentially on demand prior to 24 weeks with the approval of registered medical practitioners." A spokesman for the judiciary declined to comment.