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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maya Oppenheim

Tory minister who voted to limit access to pregnancy terminations given abortion role

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A Tory minister who voted to curtail access to abortion has been granted ministerial responsibility for abortion care in the UK, in a move that has provoked fury among service providers.

Maria Caulfield, recently appointed women’s minister by the new prime minister Rishi Sunak, is a former officer of the all-party parliamentary pro-life group, and voted against legalising abortion in Northern Ireland.

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