Penny Mordaunt says UK will defend abortion rights amid global pushback
by Liz Ford, Guardian.
Britain’s international development secretary has promised to stand firm in her support for abortion rights in the face of growing opposition.
Speaking at an event hosted by the Canadian embassy on Monday, Penny Mordaunt said: “Leadership means not shying away from issues like safe abortion when the evidence shows us these services will save women’s lives.”
Mordaunt praised the UK’s growing partnership with the Canadian government and in a response to efforts by some countries, including the US, to roll back on women’s rights globally, added: “At CSW [UN Commission on the Status of Women] we held a strong line together resisting the pushback, as the secretary general called it. We’re united in our efforts to work on the most complex issue when others are shying away from them.”
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“Everyone should have control over their own bodies and futures. That means every girl or woman should have the information they need and freedom to choose what is right for them,” Mordaunt told the event, organised by Women Deliver, a global advocacy group for women’s rights.
“We should recognise that gender equality is one of the great human rights issues of our time.”
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Government drive to promote abortion overseas is ‘deeply troubling’, from Christian Today
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