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Josh Salisbury

Justin Welby says wife felt pressured by hospital into abortion

The Archbishop of Canterbury has revealed that his wife felt pressured into having an abortion by hospital staff years ago.

Speaking during the General Synod, the Church’s ruling body, the Archbishop said hospital staff “expected” his wife Caroline to ask for a termination if their child was born disabled.

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