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UK under international pressure over deletion of abortion commitments

• kakamiokatsu 4y ago
  Someone in the UK government silently edited an international statement signed by 20+ countries to remove commitments to sexual and reproductive health and rights, and bodily autonomy, as well as most countries' signatures. This edit does not show up as the last updated date, and people who subscribed to the page did not receive email notifications. See the diff on Github: https://github.com/alphagov/whitehall/issues/6689 https://github.com/alphagov/whitehall/issues/6689
• n4r9 4y ago
  For context, a significant number of ministers in the UK government are bent on taking us down a similar path as the US: https://bylinetimes.com/2022/06/30/conservative-mps-abortion-roe-wade-republicans-boris-johnson/ https://bylinetimes.com/2022/06/30/conservative-mps-abortion... This is in contrast to the general population, who overwhelmingly support women's right to abortion access and generally support keeping the time limit as-is: https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/trackers/should-the-legal-time-limit-to-have-an-abortion-change https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/trackers/should-the-leg...
  • mrlonglong 4y ago
    I despise the Tories and everything they stand for. Recent events have proved me right, these people are not interested in anything but power for its own sake. Roll on the next general election where I shall express deep pleasure voting for anyone but them.
    • TimWillebrands 4y ago
      If they only want power, wouldn't they just follow the major position on abortion? Why would they take the electoral risk?
      • n4r9 4y ago
        The personal positions of MPs seem to have little influence on the voteshare in general elections. The positions of the party leader play a larger part, but still not that great. Politics in the UK proceeds largely via slogans and mildly embarrassing pictures.