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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

UK among most liberal countries on divorce and abortion, survey reveals

Little girl waving rainbow flag amid crowd at Pride in London.
In the UK, 65% of respondents said they found homosexuality acceptable. Photograph: Guy Bell/Rex/Shutterstock

The UK has overtaken Canada, Germany and Australia to become one of the world’s most socially liberal nations towards divorce and abortion, the latest wave of a global study has revealed.

Significant increases in the last five years in people saying the practices are justifiable is mirrored by sharply increasing acceptance of homosexuality, casual sex and prostitution over the same period, the World Values Survey found.

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