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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lizzy Davies

UK government honoured anti-abortion figure before editing women’s rights statement

Sam Brownback speaking in the US in June 2022
Sam Brownback, whom Donald Trump appointed as ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, in the US in June. Photograph: Brian Cahn/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

The British government presented a vehemently anti-abortion former US envoy with an award for his services to freedom of religion just days before watering down a statement on gender equality to remove commitments to reproductive rights.

Sam Brownback, a former governor of Kansas who targeted abortion rights while in office and then became Donald Trump’s ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, was given the award during the international ministerial conference for freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) held in London last month.

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