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Vicky Jessop

The rise of the anti-abortion movement in the UK: 'we could be sleepwalking into what is happening in America'

Abortion is legal in the UK--but only on certain grounds - (AFP via Getty Images)

When Donald Trump won the US election a second time, his appointment sounded the death knell for reproductive rights across the entire country.

His victory comes two years after the overturning of Roe v Wade, a judgement that the Supreme Court made almost 50 years ago. In 26 states, women’s access to safe abortions have been curtailed, jail sentences have been introduced for those desperate enough to seek them illegally, and doctors forbidden from helping their patients, even those facing death.

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