Uk Under Pressure From Europe To Scrap Abortion Pledges Global Development
Norway and Denmark approached the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) “to protest substantial changes” made to a document arising from a UK-hosted conference on freedom of religion and belief, which opened by Liz Truss earlier this time. month, the Guardian has learned. More than 20 countries, including those now protesting, had signed the original text, which included a commitment to repeal any laws that “allow harmful practices or restrict women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights and bodily autonomy....