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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Shanti Das, Home affairs correspondent

‘Extreme’ US anti-abortion group ramps up lobbying in Westminster

Pro-life advocates at the Capitol in Olympia.
Pro-life advocates at the Capitol in Olympia. Photograph: Ted S Warren/AP

A rightwing Christian lobby group that wants abortion to be banned has forged ties with an adviser to the prime minister and is drawing up ­policy briefings for politicians.

The UK branch of the US-based Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has more than doubled its spending since 2020 and been appointed a stakeholder in a parliamentary group on religious freedoms in a role that grants it direct access to MPs.

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