Reform UK defend candidate who called abortion 'cowardly act of murder'

Robert Kenyon, the Reform candidate in the Makerfield by-election, said abortion was a 'cowardly act' (Image: Reform UK)

REFORM UK have defended a by-election candidate who called abortion a “cowardly act of murdering a defenceless baby” and suggested that women lie about being raped to justify it.

Robert Kenyon, who is standing against Labour’s Andy Burnham in the Makerfield by-election, made the comments on now-closed down social media accounts, The Observer reported.