Where do the Tory leadership candidates stand on abortion and assisted suicide?

Jul 9, 2022 by Jill

from Right to Life:

With Boris Johnson announcing that he will be officially resigning as Conservative leader, a number of Tories have declared or are expected to soon declare that they will be putting their name forward as candidates in the leadership contest that will take place over the summer. This leadership contest will decide the new leader of the Conservatives and the UK’s next Prime Minister.

The contest will take place in two stages. The first stage (shortlisting) involves a series of votes by currently sitting MPs that will decide on the top two candidates. The second stage then involves these two candidates going onto a final vote where the membership of the Conservative party will decide on the winner.

Right To Life UK has put together the following voting record outline that details the voting records across 19 individual votes on abortion and assisted suicide for each of the current or likely leadership candidates. These records come from the Where Do They Stand database – you can view voting records for other MPs on the platform here. This table will be updated as more candidates put their names forward.

The United Kingdom is about to enter a very important period for the abortion issue. There is currently a renewed push from the abortion lobby to make extreme changes to abortion legislation in England and Wales.

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