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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sophie Wingate

Raab rejects bid to include right to abortion in British Bill of Rights

PA Wire

Dominic Raab has ruled out backing an amendment to his proposed British Bill of Rights to establish women’s access to abortion as a human right.

The Deputy Prime Minister argued the legality of abortion in the UK is “settled” when asked about the issue during Prime Minister’s Questions, and that the amendment could lead to abortion being litigated in the courts.

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