Jacob Rees-Mogg, the leader of the House of Commons and the Conservative MP for North East Somerset, has been accused of spreading a "harmful clinical falsehood" after he called the morning-after pill an "abortifacient".
In the House of Commons today (Thursday, February 3), Rees-Mogg was asked to dedicate time for a debate on access to contraception for women, as the Labour MP Dame Diana Johnson highlighted that some retailers were still charging over the odds for women's contraception.
Rees-Mogg, who as leader of the House is responsible for the Commons' debating timetable, responded curtly by saying: "The right hon. lady cannot expect me to speak in favour of abortifacients." An abortifacient is a term given to any drug that causes an abortion.
