Leader of Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has released her statement on the “decriminalising of self-induced abortion up to full term in the Crime and Policing Bill.”
Badenoch said, it is essential that people know her stand on the matter; she said, she is “pro-choice”, however, does not support abortion up to full term.
She added, via her statement posted on her official X account, that, she is a “mother of three”, and from her personal experience understands very well “how important the right to choice is”.
In her statement, Kemi Badenoch said: “The Conservative Party voted on a 2-line whip against decriminalising self-induced abortion up to full term in the Crime and Policing Bill.
“Yesterday, I gave Conservative MPs the opportunity to express a free vote, because the convention has been to treat abortion as a conscience issue.
“However, it is important that people know where I stand. I am pro-choice, but I do not support abortion up to full term.
“I am a mother of three and I know from personal experience how important the right to choose is, but this amendment goes too far.
“It was rushed, with just two hours of debate that ignored many fundamental issues. It will lead to dire outcomes for many women and babies, especially vulnerable women who are at risk of coercion.
“The law as it stood, with abortion effectively decriminalised up to 24 weeks, struck the right balance between the rights of women over their bodies and the rights of unborn children.
“But something more fundamental is happening. We have a Labour Party whose super-majority does not correlate with their support in the country.
“Incapable of delivering on what matters to the British people, their activist MPs are running wild, advancing their own personal campaigns for which there was no discussion at the election, let alone public consent.
“It is yet another abuse of the legislative process to have passed such far-reaching legislation via a smuggled amendment at the last minute.
“As a party, we respect that some people may have specific views on decriminalising full-term abortion for women. But as usual the consequences of this have not been thought through by the Labour Party, and, as ever, the most vulnerable people will pay the price.”
